BIND

BIND , or named , is the most widely used Domain Name System (DNS) software on the Internet. On Unix-like operating systems it is the de facto standard.

Things known as BIND or Bind include:

• BIND, Berkeley Internet Name Domain, a DNS server
• Bookbinding, the process of physically assembling a book from a number of folded or unfolded sheets of paper or other material
• Foot binding, the custom of applying painfully tight binding to the feet of young girls to prevent further growth
• bind is an operation of monads in Monad
• bind a client to a server in client–server computing
• Bind tribe are a scheduled caste in North India
• Bind rune, a ligature of two or more runes
• Bind (chess), a strong grip or stranglehold on a position that is difficult for the opponent to break
• Bind (higher-order function), an operation in a monad