Binding

Binding generally means tying or associating multiple things together.

Binding may refer to:

Crafts

• Binding (woodworking), an inlaid edging, often used to reduce fluctuations in the wood's humidity
• Bookbinding, the protective cover of a book and the art of its construction
  • Coil binding or spiral binding, is a commonly used book binding style for documents
  • Comb binding, cerlox or surelox binding, a method of binding pages into a book
• Binding agent
• Binding barrel
• Binding joist

Textiles

• Binding (knitting), a type of gather also known as a pullover stitch
• Binding (sewing), a finish to a seam or hem
• Binding knot, a knot used to keep objects together
• Binding off, in knitting, a family of techniques for ending a column of stitches

Computing

• Binding, associating a network socket with a local port number and IP address
• Data binding, the technique of connecting two data elements together
  • UI data binding, linking a user interface element to an element of a domain model, such as a database field
  • XML data binding, representing XML document data using objects and classes
• Key binding, or keyboard shortcut, mapping key combinations to software functionality
• Language binding, a library providing a functional interface to second library in a different programming language
• Name binding, the association of code or data with an identifier in a programming language
  • Late binding, name binding which is resolved at run-time rather than in pre-execution time
• Dynamic dispatch
  • Dynamic linker
    • Prebinding
• Binding time
• Binding properties pattern
• Binding neuron

Science

• Binding problem, a term for several problems in cognitive science and philosophy
  • Neural binding, synchronous activity of neurons and neuronal ensembles
• Molecular binding, an attractive interaction between two molecules
  • Ligand (biochemistry) § Receptor/ligand binding affinity
  • Binding coefficient
  • Binding constant
  • Binding domain
  • Binding protein
  • Binding selectivity
  • Binding site
  • BindingDB, an online database of measured binding affinities
• Binding potential
• Binding energy, the amount of energy required to separate particles
• Binding (linguistics), the distribution of pronouns etc. to identify syntactic relationships
  • Government and binding theory

Law

• Binding precedent, a legal decision that must be applied or followed
• Legally binding, enforceable by law
• Binding to the peace (disambiguation)
• See also Binding Triad (AKA World Parliament), a proposal to amend the United Nations Charter

Religion

• Binding of Isaac (Template:Langx), or simply The Binding, is a story of the Book of Genesis in the Hebrew Bible and Old Testament
• Binding of Ishmael (Template:Langx; AKA dhabih), a narrative in Islamic tradition
• Binding and loosing, in both the Targum and the New Testament, forbidding and permitting an action, respectively
• Binding of evil, in Indo-European culture
• Binding of the Years, an Aztec tradition
• Curse tablet (Template:Langx; Template:Langx); both the Latin and Greek words are derived from terms meaning 'to bind'

Human body attachment/modification

• Breast binding or chest binding, a wrapping to form a bra-like structure
• Foot binding, a Chinese custom practiced on young girls from the 10th to early 20th centuries
• Ski binding, an attachment which anchors a ski boot to the ski
• Snowboard binding, a device for connecting a foot to a snowboard

People

• Carly Binding (born 1978), New Zealand pop singer-songwriter
• Karl Binding (1841–1920), German jurist
• Lee Binding (born 1975), graphic designer
• Lothar Binding (born 1950), German politician
• Rudolf G. Binding (1867–1938), German writer and supporter of Adolf Hitler

Other uses

• Binding Brauerei, a brewery in Frankfurt, Germany
• Egg binding, a difficulty in animal egg-laying
• The Binding (2016 film), an American psychological thriller film
• The Binding (2020 film), an Italian film
• Binding commitment
• Binding constraint, in mathematics
• Binding post, in electronics

See also

• All pages with titles beginning with Binding
• All pages with titles containing Binding
• Bind (disambiguation)
• Binder (disambiguation)
• Bound (disambiguation)