What is a serialized file?

Hi all!
I googled, but I seem to only be able to find out methods involving a serialized file, but I can't find out exactly what it is to start with. Any explanations/links welcome.
Thanks!

java.io.Serializable
java.io.ObjectOutputStream
java.io.FileOutputStream
(API Docs)
- Saish

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