# Binding

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**Binding** generally means tying or associating multiple things together.

**Binding** may refer to:

## Crafts

- [Binding (woodworking)](/source/Binding_(woodworking)), an inlaid edging, often used to reduce fluctuations in the wood's humidity
- [Bookbinding](/source/Bookbinding), the protective cover of a book and the art of its construction - [Coil binding](/source/Coil_binding) or spiral binding, is a commonly used book binding style for documents - [Comb binding](/source/Comb_binding), cerlox or surelox binding, a method of binding pages into a book
- [Binding agent](/source/Binding_agent)
- [Binding barrel](/source/Binding_barrel)
- [Binding joist](/source/Binding_joist)

### Textiles

- [Binding (knitting)](/source/Binding_(knitting)), a type of gather also known as a pullover stitch
- [Binding (sewing)](/source/Binding_(sewing)), a finish to a seam or hem
- [Binding knot](/source/Binding_knot), a knot used to keep objects together
- [Binding off](/source/Binding_off), in knitting, a family of techniques for ending a column of stitches

## Computing

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

## Science

- [Binding problem](/source/Binding_problem), a term for several problems in cognitive science and philosophy - [Neural binding](/source/Neural_binding), synchronous activity of neurons and neuronal ensembles
- [Molecular binding](/source/Molecular_binding), an attractive interaction between two molecules - [Ligand (biochemistry) § Receptor/ligand binding affinity](/source/Ligand_(biochemistry)#Receptor/ligand_binding_affinity) - [Binding coefficient](/source/Binding_coefficient) - [Binding constant](/source/Binding_constant) - [Binding domain](/source/Binding_domain) - [Binding protein](/source/Binding_protein) - [Binding selectivity](/source/Binding_selectivity) - [Binding site](/source/Binding_site) - [BindingDB](/source/BindingDB), an online database of measured binding affinities
- [Binding potential](/source/Binding_potential)
- [Binding energy](/source/Binding_energy), the amount of energy required to separate particles
- [Binding (linguistics)](/source/Binding_(linguistics)), the distribution of pronouns etc. to identify syntactic relationships - [Government and binding theory](/source/Government_and_binding_theory)

## Law

- [Binding precedent](/source/Binding_precedent), a legal decision that must be applied or followed
- [Legally binding](/source/Legally_binding), enforceable by law
- [Binding to the peace](/source/Binding_to_the_peace) (disambiguation)
- *See also* [Binding Triad](/source/Binding_Triad) (AKA World Parliament), a proposal to amend the United Nations Charter

## Religion

- [Binding of Isaac](/source/Binding_of_Isaac) (Hebrew: עֲקֵדַת יִצְחָק‎), or simply *The Binding*, is a story of the Book of Genesis in the Hebrew Bible and Old Testament
- [Binding of Ishmael](/source/Binding_of_Ishmael) (Arabic: عَقْد إِسْمَاعِيل‎; AKA *dhabih*), a narrative in Islamic tradition
- [Binding and loosing](/source/Binding_and_loosing), in both the Targum and the New Testament, forbidding and permitting an action, respectively
- [Binding of evil](/source/Binding_of_evil), in Indo-European culture
- [Binding of the Years](/source/Binding_of_the_Years), an Aztec tradition
- [Curse tablet](/source/Curse_tablet) (Latin: *tabella defixionis, defixio*; Greek: κατάδεσμος); both the Latin and Greek words are derived from terms meaning 'to bind'

## Human body attachment/modification

- [Breast binding](/source/Breast_binding) or chest binding, a wrapping to form a bra-like structure
- [Foot binding](/source/Foot_binding), a Chinese custom practiced on young girls from the 10th to early 20th centuries
- [Ski binding](/source/Ski_binding), an attachment which anchors a ski boot to the ski
- [Snowboard binding](/source/Snowboard_binding), a device for connecting a foot to a snowboard

## People

- [Carly Binding](/source/Carly_Binding) (born 1978), New Zealand pop singer-songwriter
- [Karl Binding](/source/Karl_Binding) (1841–1920), German jurist
- [Lee Binding](/source/Lee_Binding) (born 1975), graphic designer
- [Lothar Binding](/source/Lothar_Binding) (born 1950), German politician
- [Rudolf G. Binding](/source/Rudolf_G._Binding) (1867–1938), German writer and supporter of Adolf Hitler

## Other uses

- [Binding Brauerei](/source/Binding_Brauerei), a brewery in Frankfurt, Germany
- [Egg binding](/source/Egg_binding), a difficulty in animal egg-laying
- [*The Binding* (2016 film)](/source/The_Binding_(2016_film)), an American psychological thriller film
- [*The Binding* (2020 film)](/source/The_Binding_(2020_film)), an Italian film
- [Binding commitment](/source/Binding_commitment)
- [Binding constraint](/source/Binding_constraint), in mathematics
- [Binding post](/source/Binding_post), in electronics

## See also

- [Bind (disambiguation)](/source/Bind_(disambiguation))
- [Binder (disambiguation)](/source/Binder_(disambiguation))
- [Bound (disambiguation)](/source/Bound_(disambiguation))

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