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Audio Help [en-kap-suh-leyt, -syoo-] Pronunciation Key verb, -lat·ed, -lat·ing. | 1. | to place in or as if in a capsule. |
| 2. | to summarize or condense. |
| 3. | to become enclosed in or as if in a capsule. |
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encapsulation
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v. en·cap·su·lat·ed, en·cap·su·lat·ing, en·cap·su·lates v. tr.
v. intr. To become encapsulated. en·cap'su·la'tion n., en·cap'su·la'tor n. |
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| encapsulation | |
noun | |
| 1. | the condition of being enclosed (as in a capsule); "the encapsulation of tendons in membranous sheaths" |
| 2. | the process of enclosing (as in a capsule) |
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encapsulation
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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Encapsulation
En*cap`su*la"tion\, n. (Physiol.) The act of inclosing in a capsule; the growth of a membrane around (any part) so as to inclose it in a capsule.| Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc. |
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