se·ri·al
1. Of, forming, or arranged in a series.
2.
1. Published or produced in installments, as a novel or television drama.
2. Relating to such publication or production.
3. Responsible for a series of usually criminal acts over a period of time: a serial arsonist.
4. Music. Relating to or based on a row of tones, especially the 12 pitches of the chromatic scale.
5. Computer Science.
1. Of or relating to the sequential transmission of all the bits of a byte over one wire: a serial port; a serial printer.
2. Of or relating to the sequential performance of multiple operations: serial processing.
n.
A literary or dramatic work published or produced in installments
I had no idea, never heard of it used in this kind of way before, my english teachers aren't up to scratch :P
Family Guy, Stargate, Whose Line is it Anyway (I watch comedy channel a bit :) )
