ENCAPSULATION

Encapsulation

In programming languages, encapsulation is used to refer to one of two related but distinct notions, and sometimes to the combination thereof:

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encapsulation

Noun

  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. Grouping together an object’s ‘state’ (its data) and the operations that may alter or interrogate it (its methods).


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