Encapsulation is a process of binding or wrapping the data and the codes that operates on the data into a single entity. This keeps the data safe from outside interface and misuse. One way to think about encapsulation is as a protective wrapper that prevents code and data from being arbitrarily accessed by other code defined outside the wrapper.

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• Jun 24th, 2010

Every program deals with two elements:1) Data  2) Code [function]Combining these two elements into a single unit is known as Encapsulation (Binding).

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• Sep 5th, 2008

Encapsulation with a simple example would be .Automatic Transmission on an automobile. It encapsulates 100's of bits of information about your engine, such as how much are accelerating, the pitch ...

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