encapsulation

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Wikipedia encapsulation (plural encapsulations)

  1. The act of enclosing in a capsule; the growth of a membrane around (any part) so as to enclose it in a capsule.
  2. (computing, programming, in object-oriented programming) Grouping together an object’s ‘state’ (its data) and the operations that may alter or interrogate it (its methods).[1]

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  1. ^ THE BOOK OF RUBY by HUW COLLINGBOURNE. Copyright © 2009 Huw Collingbourne, ‘Encapsulation’ or ‘Information Hiding’?, p. 140

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en- + capsule + -ation

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encapsulation f (plural encapsulations)

  1. encapsulation