Encapsulation may refer to:

• information hiding and separation of concerns, in software engineering, the process of enclosing programming elements inside larger, more abstract entities
• integrated circuit encapsulation, in electronics the design and manufacture of protective packages
• micro-encapsulation, means to confine material
• molecular encapsulation, means to confine molecules
• encapsulation (pharmacology), to enclose medicines in a usable form
• encapsulation (networking), in computer networking, is to include data from an upper layer protocol in a lower layer protocol

Datenkapselung | Encapsulation | 信息隐藏