encapsulation
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encapsulation (countable and uncountable, plural encapsulations)
- The act of enclosing in a capsule; the growth of a membrane around (any part) so as to enclose it in a capsule.
- (programming, object-oriented programming) Grouping together an object’s ‘state’ (its data) and the operations that may alter or interrogate it (its methods).[1]
- (networking) The process of arranging data into packets that can be transmitted using a given protocol.
Translations edit
act of enclosing in a capsule
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object-oriented programming: grouping together an object's state
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networking: arranging data into packets
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References edit
- ^ Huw Collingbourne, The Book of Ruby, ‘Encapsulation’ or ‘Information Hiding’?, page 140
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Etymology edit
From en- + capsule + -ation.
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Noun edit
encapsulation f (plural encapsulations)