Binding (Computer Science)

• Name binding in programming languages.

• Command binding in computer applications. For example, most applications on Mac OS bind the "Save" menu item to the Command-S keyboard shortcut, so that Command-S can be used to save a document instead of having to navigate to that menu item each time. The Emacs text editor binds the "save-buffers-kill-emacs" command to the Control-X Control-C keystrokes in sequence, so that the user does not have to type "save-buffers-kill-emacs" whenever he wants to save and quit. Often a computer application may allow the user to create a macro to do several common operations in sequence, and then bind a simple command to that macro to activate it.

• Control bindings in video games. A game might have a "shoot" control which can be bound to any available key. A game like Tribes with complicated in-game menus can bind specific sequences of keys as shortcuts to menu items.

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