Data encapsulation

Data encapsulation: Data encapsulation may refer to:

The wrapping of private data in classes in object-oriented programming languages: see information hiding and separation of concerns

OSI model in network protocol design

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Data encapsulation, also known as data hiding, is the mechanism whereby the implementation details of a class are kept hidden from the user. The user can only perform a restricted set of operations on the hidden members of the class by executing special functions commonly called methods.

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