Associations to the word «Encapsulation»

Wiktionary

ENCAPSULATION, noun. The act of enclosing in a capsule; the growth of a membrane around (any part) so as to enclose it in a capsule.
ENCAPSULATION, noun. (programming) (object-oriented) Grouping together an object’s ‘state’ (its data) and the operations that may alter or interrogate it (its methods).
ENCAPSULATION, noun. (networking) The process of arranging data into packets that can be transmitted using a given protocol.

Dictionary definition

ENCAPSULATION, noun. The condition of being enclosed (as in a capsule); "the encapsulation of tendons in membranous sheaths".
ENCAPSULATION, noun. The process of enclosing (as in a capsule).

Wise words

The most important things are the hardest things to say. They are the things you get ashamed of because words diminish your feelings - words shrink things that seem timeless when they are in your head to no more than living size when they are brought out.
Stephen King