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
Microencapsulation is a process in which tiny particles or droplets are surrounded by a coating to give small capsules, with useful properties. In general, it is used to incorporate food ingredients, enzymes, cells or other materials on a micro m ...
, in material science, the coating of microscopic particles with another material
Biology
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Cell encapsulation Cell encapsulation is a possible solution to graft rejection in tissue engineering applications. Cell microencapsulation technology involves immobilization of cells within a polymeric semi-permeable membrane. It permits the bidirectional diffusion ...
, technology made to overcome the existing problem of graft rejection in tissue engineering applications
Computing and electronics
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conformal coating
Conformal coating is a protective coating of thin polymeric film, applied to printed circuit boards (PCB). The coating is named conformal since it ''conforms'' to the contours of the PCB. Conformal coatings are typically applied at 25-250 μm to ...
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potting, 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
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