Encapsulation may refer to:
Chemistry
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Molecular encapsulation
In supramolecular chemistry, molecular encapsulation is the confinement of a guest molecule inside the cavity of a supramolecular host molecule (molecular capsule, molecular container or cage compounds). Examples of supramolecular host molecule ...
, in chemistry, the confinement of an individual molecule within a larger molecule
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Micro-encapsulation, in material science, the coating of microscopic particles with another material
Biology
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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 Potting may refer to:
* Potting, in pottery, the making of pots, generally on the potter's wheel
* Potting (electronics), the encapsulation of electronic components
* In farming and gardening, potting is planting a plant in a pot, such as a flowe ...
, which protects electronic components
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Encapsulation (networking)
In computer networking, encapsulation is a method of designing modular communication protocols in which logically separate functions in the network are abstracted from their underlying structures by inclusion or information hiding within higher ...
, the process of adding control information as it passes through the layered model
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Encapsulation (computer programming)
In software systems, encapsulation refers to the bundling of data with the mechanisms or methods that operate on the data, or the limiting of direct access to some data, such as an object's components. Encapsulation allows developers to present a c ...
, the combination of program code and data, and/or restriction (hide) 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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