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A transient variable can not be serialized.

  1. True

  2. False

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Explanation

The transient keyword in Java is used to indicate that a field should not be serialized when the class instance is converted into a byte stream. During deserialization, transient variables are initialized with their default values (e.g., null for objects, 0 for integers).