<s>
In	O
the	O
field	O
of	O
programming	O
a	O
data	B-Operating_System
transfer	I-Operating_System
object	I-Operating_System
(	O
DTO	O
)	O
is	O
an	O
object	O
that	O
carries	O
data	O
between	O
processes	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
difference	O
between	O
data	B-Operating_System
transfer	I-Operating_System
objects	I-Operating_System
and	O
business	B-General_Concept
objects	I-General_Concept
or	O
data	O
access	O
objects	O
is	O
that	O
a	O
DTO	O
does	O
not	O
have	O
any	O
behavior	O
except	O
for	O
storage	O
,	O
retrieval	O
,	O
serialization	B-Application
and	O
deserialization	B-Application
of	O
its	O
own	O
data	O
(	O
mutators	O
,	O
accessors	B-Language
,	O
serializers	B-Application
and	O
parsers	B-Language
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
DTOs	O
are	O
simple	O
objects	O
that	O
should	O
not	O
contain	O
any	O
business	O
logic	O
but	O
may	O
contain	O
serialization	B-Application
and	O
deserialization	B-Application
mechanisms	O
for	O
transferring	O
data	O
over	O
the	O
wire	O
.	O
</s>
