encapsulation

English

Pronunciation

Rhymes: -eɪʃən

Noun

encapsulation (countable and uncountable, plural encapsulations)

The act of enclosing in a capsule; the growth of a membrane around (any part) so as to enclose it in a capsule.
(programming, object-oriented programming) Grouping together an object’s ‘state’ (its data) and the operations that may alter or interrogate it (its methods).[1]
(networking) The process of arranging data into packets that can be transmitted using a given protocol.

Translations

act of enclosing in a capsule

Chinese:
Mandarin: 封装 (zh)
Finnish: kapselointi (fi)
French: encapsulation (fr)

German: Abkapselung
Japanese: カプセル化 (ja) (かぷせるか, kapuseruka)
Romanian: încapsulare (ro) f
Turkish: encapsulation (tr)

object-oriented programming: grouping together an object's state

Czech: zapouzdření n
Esperanto: enkapsuligo
Finnish: kapselointi (fi)

French: encapsulation (fr)
Icelandic: hjúpun f

networking: arranging data into packets

Finnish: paketointi (fi)

References

Huw Collingbourne, The Book of Ruby, ‘Encapsulation’ or ‘Information Hiding’?, page 140

French

Etymology

en- +‎ capsule +‎ -ation

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ɑ̃.kap.sy.la.sjɔ̃/
Audio (file)

Noun

encapsulation f (plural encapsulations)

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