Encapsulation

Encapsulation may refer to:

Chemistry

• Molecular encapsulation, in chemistry, the confinement of an individual molecule within a larger molecule
• Micro-encapsulation, in material science, the coating of microscopic particles with another material

Biology

• 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, which protects electronic components
• Encapsulation (networking), the process of adding control information as it passes through the layered model
• Encapsulation (computer programming), 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.