encapsulation

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Synonyms: incapsulation, encapsulating, encapsulator, decapsulation, encapsulations, capsulation, encapsidation

Antonyms: incapsulation, encapsulating, encapsulator, decapsulation, encapsulations, capsulation, encapsidation

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Noun

1. The act of enclosing in a capsule; the growth of a membrane around (any part) so as to enclose it in a capsule.
2. {{lb|en|programming|object-oriented}} Grouping together an object’s ‘state’ (its data) and the operations that may alter or interrogate it (its methods).<ref>Huw Collingbourne, ''The Book of Ruby'', ''‘Encapsulation’ or ‘Information Hiding’?'', page 140</ref>
3. {{lb|en|networking}} The [[process]] of [[arrange|arranging]] [[data]] into [[packet]]s that can be [[transmit]]ted using a given [[protocol]].

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