• Binding (linguistics)
  Binding (linguistics)
  In linguistics, binding theory is any of a broad class of theories dealing with the distribution of pronominal and anaphoric elements. The idea that there should be a specialised, coherent theory dealing with this particular set of phenomena originated in work in transformational grammar in the 1970s...
  
  , a property relating to anaphors (and pronouns and R-expressions) and c-command
• Legally binding, in law

Joining physical objects together

• Binding agent
  • The effect of a binding agent (such as egg, gluten), in baking - see cake
    Cake
    Cake is a form of bread or bread-like food. In its modern forms, it is typically a sweet and enriched baked dessert. In its oldest forms, cakes were normally fried breads or cheesecakes, and normally had a disk shape...
    
    
• Binding (knitting)
• Binding (knot), a type of knot
• Binding (sewing)
  Binding (sewing)
  In sewing, binding is used as both a noun and a verb to refer to finishing a seam or hem of a garment, usually by rolling or pressing then stitching on an edging or trim ....
  
  , a finish to a seam or hem
• Bookbinding
  Bookbinding
  Bookbinding is the process of physically assembling a book from a number of folded or unfolded sheets of paper or other material. It usually involves attaching covers to the resulting text-block.-Origins of the book:...
  
  , the protective cover of a book and the art of constructing this
  • Coil binding
    Coil binding
    Coil binding, also known as spiral binding, is a commonly used book binding style for creating documents, reports, presentations and proposals. This binding style is known by a number of names including spiral coil, color coil, colorcoil, ez-coil, plastic coil, spiral binding, plastikoil and...
    
    , another method of binding pages into a book
  • Comb binding
    Comb binding
    Comb binding is one of many ways to bind pages together into a book. This method utilizes round plastic spines with 19 rings or 21 rings and a hole puncher that makes rectangular holes...
    
    , a method of binding pages into a book
• Breast binding
  Breast binding
  Breast binding is the material used in, or the act of flattening breasts by the use of constrictive materials.Common binding materials include cloth strips, elastic or non-elastic bandage, use of purpose-built undergarments or simple layering of shirts, from tight to loose.-Motivation:There are...
  
  , also known as chest binding, a bra-like structure to de-emphasize breast size
• Foot binding
  Foot binding
  Foot binding was the custom of binding the feet of young girls painfully tight to prevent further growth. The practice probably originated among court dancers in the early Song dynasty, but spread to upper class families and eventually became common among all classes. The tiny narrow feet were...
  
  , a custom practiced on young girls and women in China, beginning in the 10th century and ending in the first half of 20th century
• Ski binding
  Ski binding
  A ski binding is an attachment which anchors a ski boot to the ski. There are different types of bindings for different types of skiing.-Universal designs:...
  
  , an attachment which anchors a ski boot to the ski
• Snowboard binding, a device for connecting a foot to a snowboard

Physical sciences

• The binding problem
  Binding problem
  The binding problem is one of a number of terms at the interface between neuroscience and philosophy which suffer from being used in several different ways, often in a context that does not explicitly indicate which way the term is being used. Of the many possible usages, two common versions may be...
  
  , or how we assemble disparate perceptual inputs to create consciousness
• Binding, competitive
• Molecular binding, an attractive interaction between two molecules
• Neural binding
  Neural binding
  According to the neural binding hypothesis, neurons within neuronal assemblies fire in synchrony to link different features of neuronal representations together. These features can include, shape, motion, color, depth, and other aspects of perception. Neural oscillations have been suggested as the...
  
  , synchronous activity of neurons and neuronal ensembles

Computing

• Binding (or associating) an Internet socket
  Internet socket
  In computer networking, an Internet socket or network socket is an endpoint of a bidirectional inter-process communication flow across an Internet Protocol-based computer network, such as the Internet....
  
   to a local port number and IP address
• Binding (or connecting) to a server in client–server computing
• Data binding
  Data binding
  Data binding is a general technique that binds two data/information sources together and maintains synchronization of data. This is usually done with two data/information sources with different types as in XML data binding. However, in UI data binding, data and information objects of the same type...
  
  , the technique of connecting two data elements together
  • XML data binding
    XML data binding
    XML data binding refers to a means of representing information in an XML document as an object in computer memory. This allows applications to access the data in the XML from the object rather than using the DOM or SAX to retrieve the data from a direct representation of the XML itself.An XML data...
    
    , representing XML document data using objects and classes
  • UI data binding
    UI data binding
    UI data binding is a software design pattern to simplify development of GUI applications. UI data binding binds UI elements to an application domain model. Most frameworks employ the Observer pattern as the underlying binding mechanism...
    
    , linking a user interface element to an element of a domain model, such as a database field
• Key binding, or keyboard shortcut, mapping specific key combinations to specific software functionality
• Language binding
  Language binding
  In computing, a binding from a programming language to a library or OS service is an API providing that service in the language.Many software libraries are written in systems programming languages such as C or C++...
  
  , a library which provides an interface to functionality from of another library written in a different programming language
• Name binding
  Name binding
  In programming languages, name binding is the association of objects with identifiers. An identifier bound to an object is said to reference that object. Machine languages have no built-in notion of identifiers, but name-object bindings as a service and notation for the programmer is implemented...
  
  , in a programming language, the association of data (or code) with an identifier
  • Dynamic binding (computer science), name binding which is resolved at run-time rather than in advance

Names

• Surname of Karl Binding
  Karl Binding
  Karl Ludwig Lorenz Binding was a German jurist known as a promoter of the theory of retributive justice. His influential book, Die Freigabe der Vernichtung Lebensunwertem Lebens , written together with the psychiatrist Alfred Hoche, was used by the Nazis to justify their T-4 Euthanasia Program.-...
  
   (1841–1920), German jurist
• Binding Brauerei, a brewery in Frankfurt, Germany

See also

• Bind (disambiguation)
• Binder (disambiguation)
  Binder (disambiguation)
  Binder may refer to:* Binder , a material used to bind other materials together* Binder , center leaves rolled inside a cigar which are used to bind together fillers within a wrapper...
  
  
• Binding energy
  Binding energy
  Binding energy is the mechanical energy required to disassemble a whole into separate parts. A bound system typically has a lower potential energy than its constituent parts; this is what keeps the system together—often this means that energy is released upon the creation of a bound state...
  
  , the mechanical energy required to disassemble a whole into separate parts