This part of the programming section covers serialized data. Serialized data is stored in binary, meaning it is not readily human-readable. Since many characters stored will not be in ASCII, reading ...

1. [Serialization Guidelines](http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/6exf3h2k.aspx) 2. [Using Data Contracts](http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms733127.aspx ...