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

Life has no meaning unless one lives it with a will, at least to the limit of one's will. Virtue, good, evil are nothing but words, unless one takes them apart in order to build something with them; they do not win their true meaning until one knows how to apply them.
Paul Gauguin