encapsulation

The act of enclosing in a capsule; the growth of a membrane around (any part) so as to enclose it in a capsule.

Recent studies demonstrate that encapsulation of the healing agent provides successive repair by reducing the capsules’ diameter to the material granulometry [2] and by casting them through materials compatible to concrete (i.e., [3]).

Grouping together an object’s ‘state’ (its data) and the operations that may alter or interrogate it (its methods).

The process of arranging data into packets that can be transmitted using a given protocol.