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Encapsulation may refer to:
- molecular encapsulation, in chemistry, the confinement of an individual molecule within a larger molecule
- encapsulation (networking), in computer networking, to include data from an upper layer protocol in a lower layer protocol
- integrated circuit encapsulation, in electronics, the design and manufacture of protective packages for integrated circuits
- micro-encapsulation, in material science, the coating of microscopic particles with another material
- capsule (pharmacy), in pharmacy, the enclosure of a medicine within a relatively stable shell for administration
- Information hiding, a term in software engineering often used synonymously with encapsulation
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