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title: "Explain the Encapsulation principle."  
description: "Explain the Encapsulation principle."  
author: "Anoop Singh"  
published: 2011-03-23  
updated: 2020-09-20  
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# Explain the Encapsulation principle.

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. \

## Answers

### Answer by Anoop Singh

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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