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

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

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

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

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

Binding of Isaac (Hebrew: עֲקֵדַת יִצְחָק‎, romanized: ʿAqēḏaṯ Yiṣḥāq), or simply The Binding, is a story of the Book of Genesis in the Hebrew Bible and Old Testament
Binding of Ishmael (Arabic: عَقْد إِسْمَاعِيل‎, romanized: ʿAqd Ismāʿīl; 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 (Latin: tabella defixionis, defixio; Greek: κατάδεσμος, romanized: katadesmos); both the Latin and Greek words are derived from terms meaning 'to bind'

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