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

More wisdom is latent in things as they are than in all the words men use.
Antoine De Saint-Exupery