encapsulation

  1. Noun.  The act of enclosing in a capsule; the growth of a membrane around (any part) so as to enclose it in a capsule.
  2. Noun.  (computing, programming) Grouping together an object’s ‘state’ (its data) and the operations that may alter or interrogate it (its methods).''THE BOOK OF RUBY'' by HUW COLLINGBOURNE. Copyright © 2009 Huw Collingbourne, ‘Encapsulation’ or ‘Information Hiding’?, p. 140.

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