Question: In Java, what is the purpose of using the transient keyword for a field in a class?

A) It marks the field as eligible for garbage collection to free up memory.
B) It indicates that the field should not be serialized when the object is converted into a byte stream.
C) It ensures that the field is initialized with a default value upon object creation.
D) It specifies that the field is thread-local and should be handled differently by each thread.