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						Explain the concept of encapsulation in Object-Oriented Programming and why it is important.
													Explain the concept of encapsulation in Object-Oriented Programming and why it is important.												
												
												
		 
                    
Encapsulation is the bundling of data (attributes) and methods (behaviors) that operate on the data into a single unit (class). It hides the internal state of an object from the outside world and only exposes the necessary interfaces for interacting with the object. Encapsulation promotes modularity, information hiding, and code maintainability by reducing dependencies and minimizing the impact of changes to internal implementations.