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Encapsulation
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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 and electronics
An alternate term for
conformal coating
or
potting
, which protects electronic components
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 (hide) of access to data except through dedicated code