Encapsulation

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Encapsulation may refer to:

[edit] Chemistry

• Molecular encapsulation, in chemistry, the confinement of an individual molecule within a larger molecule
• Capsule (pharmacy), in pharmacy, the enclosure of a medicine within a relatively stable shell for administration
• Micro-encapsulation, in material science, the coating of microscopic particles with another material

[edit] Computing

• Encapsulation (networking), The process of adding control information as it passes through the layered model is called Encapsulation.

in computer networking, to include data from an upper layer protocol in a lower layer

• Encapsulation (computer science), in computer science, to include behavior in the same container as data

Encapsulation is the process of compartmentalizing the elements of an abstraction that constitute its structure and behavior

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