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encapsulation [n][en]

1)	the process of enclosing (as in a capsule)

Synonyms :

encapsulamento encapsulación инкапсуляция 封装 incapsulamento kapselung 캡슐화 カプセル化

See Also:

process encapsulate

2)	the condition of being enclosed (as in a capsule); "the encapsulation of tendons in membranous sheaths"

Synonyms :

encapsulamento encapsulación инкапсуляция 封装 incapsulamento kapselung 캡슐화 カプセル化

See Also:

condition encapsulate

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing: (http://www.foldoc.org/, Editor Denis Howe)

1. The technique used by layered protocols in which a layer adds header information to the protocol data unit (PDU) from the layer above. As an example, in Internet terminology, a packet would contain a header from the physical layer, followed by a header from the network layer (IP), followed by a header from the transport layer (TCP), followed by the application protocol data.

2. The ability to provide users with a well-defined interface to a set of functions in a way which hides their internal workings. In object-oriented programming, the technique of keeping together data structures and the methods (procedures) which act on them.

(1998-09-07)

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