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Full Stack JavaScript Techdegree Student 11,141 PointsWhat is encapsulation?
Encapsulation is assigning object to a variable am i correct?
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Neil Ricci
7,575 PointsEncapsulation describes consolidating an object’s properties and methods into a package and attaching it to a variable.
John Meade
8,281 PointsEncapsulation, in the broad sense that this video seems to be intending, is simply the ability to take related information (in this case properties and methods) and store them in a single unit (object). Often the word encapsulation comes up when talking about controlling how information or methods are accessible or kept private within the object; but that piece of it will come later in the course I'm sure.