# Packaging (disambiguation)

Packaging is the science, art and technology of enclosing or protecting products for distribution, storage, sale, and use.
Packaging may also refer to:

## Specialised packaging

* Active packaging, packaging systems to help extend shelf life, monitor freshness, display information on quality, improve safety, and improve convenience**Self-heating food packaging, active packaging with the ability to heat food contents without external heat sources or power
* Blister packaging, pre-formed plastic packaging used for small goods
* Child-resistant packaging, packaging used to reduce the risk of children ingesting hazardous materials
* Cosmetic packaging, cosmetic containers and secondary packaging of cosmetic products
* Currency packaging, forms of packing money for easy handling and counting
* Electronic packaging, enclosures and protective features in electronic devices
** Dual in-line package, an electronic component package
** Integrated circuit packaging, final stage in construction of an integrated circuit
*** Quilt packaging, an integrated circuit packaging
*** Wafer-level packaging, packaging an integrated circuit while still part of the wafer
* Food packaging, packaging for food
** Disposable food packaging, comprises disposable items often found in food service
* Luxury packaging, the design, research, development, and manufacturing of packaging, displays, and for luxury brands
* Modified atmosphere packaging
* Optical disc packaging, the packaging that accompanies CDs, DVDs, and other formats of optical discs
** Spindle (disc packaging), plastic container for packaging optical discs
* Pharmaceutical packaging, packages and the packaging processes for pharmaceutical preparations
** Unit dose packaging
* Plain tobacco packaging, particular packaging of tobacco products
* Resealable packaging, packaging that allows the consumer or user to reseal or reclose the packaging
* Reusable packaging, packaging from durable materials and is specifically designed for multiple trips
* Shelf-ready packaging, packaging that supports the store staff in terms of the selection of the right products
* Sustainable packaging, an environmental considerations for packaging
* Tube (container), a collapsible package which can be used for viscous liquids
* Vacuum packaging, packaging that removes air from the package prior to sealing
* Video game packaging, physical storage of the contents of a PC or console game
Packaging may also refer to:

## Biology

* Coronavirus packaging signal, in molecular biology
* DNA packaging
* Retroviral Psi packaging element, in molecular biology

## Design and sales

* Dynamic packaging, in package holiday bookings
* Form factor (design), the size, shape, and other physical specifications of components
* Packaging engineering, topic ranging from design conceptualization to product placement
* Seasonal packaging, marketing a product by wrapping the product in a package closely related to seasons or holidays

## Media

* Book packaging, publishing activity
* Movie packaging, in the film industry
* Packaging Digest, business magazine
* Packaging World, business magazine

## Technology

* Packaging & Deployment, of software
* XML-binary Optimized Packaging, in XML software

## Other uses

* Information packaging
* Salary packaging, Australian term for manipulation of employee benefits