[Tutor] Pickling in plain English

[Tom Tucker]

I am having trouble understanding the c|Pickle modules.  What does 
serializing and de-serializing objects mean? I have read the below
urls and I "think" I understand the process, but I can't visualize the
beneifts.  Can someone kindly explain pickling in lamens terms?

Thanks,

Tom


http://effbot.org/librarybook/cpickle.htm
http://www.python.org/doc/2.3.5/lib/module-cPickle.html