Encapsulation

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Encapsulation may refer to:

Chemistry

Molecular encapsulation, in chemistry, the confinement of an individual molecule within a larger molecule
Micro-encapsulation, in material science, the coating of microscopic particles with another material

Biology

Cell encapsulation, technology made to overcome the existing problem of graft rejection in tissue engineering applications

Computing

Encapsulation (networking), the process of adding control information as it passes through the layered model
Encapsulation (computer programming), the combination of program code and data, and/or restriction of access to data except through dedicated code

Rocketry

Encapsulation, the payload fairing surrounding a payload on a rocket-powered launch vehicle.

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