Bind 3282782 219145738 2008-06-13T19:57:10Z RussianSpy2 6855345 {{wiktionarypar2|BIND|bind}} Things known as '''BIND''' or '''Bind''' include: *[[BIND]] - the Berkeley Internet Name Domain, a DNS server *[[Bind (wicca)]] - The [[Wiccan]] practice of stopping one's ability to do something through magical means. *[[Bookbinding]] *[[Bondage]] *[[Foot binding]] *When [[Monads in functional programming|using monads in functional programming]], <tt>bind</tt> is an operation of [[Monad (category theory)|monad]]s. A simple example (enabled by the fact that [[Monad (category theory)#Examples|sets can be regarded as monads]] as well): Let ''A'' be a set, <math>f: A \to 2^B</math>, <math>A_0 \subseteq A</math>, then <math>A_0 >\!\!\!>\!\!\!= f = \bigcup \left\{\,f(a) \mid a \in A_0 \,\right\}</math>, thus, ''f'' is applied [[pointwise]] and the [[Union (set theory)|union]] of the intermediate results is returned. == See also == *[[Binding]] *[[Binder]] *[[Binder (disambiguation)]] {{disambig}} [[ru:Bind]]