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 iex(6)> e :erlang.term_to_binary/1

                     :erlang.term_to_binary(term)

 term_to_binary(Term) -> ext_binary()

 Types:

 Term = term()

 Returns a binary data object that is the result of encoding Term according to
 the Erlang external term format.

 This can be used for various purposes, for example, writing a term to a file in
 an efficient way, or sending an Erlang term to some type of communications
 channel not supported by distributed Erlang.

 See also binary_to_term/1.

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