In engineering, a housing is a container, a protective exterior or an enclosing structural element designed to enable easier handling, provide attachment points for internal mechanisms, maintain cleanliness of the contents by shielding dirt/dust, fouling and other contaminations, or protect interior mechanisms from structural stress and/or potential physical, thermal, chemical, biological or radiational damages from the surrounding environment.
Feste Hülle, die einen empfindlichen Inhalt schützend umgibt, oder die Umgebung vor einem gefährlichen Inhalt schützt