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Binding

nouncandidate·updated May 12, 2026

An acknowledgement by a trusted third party that associates an entity’s identity with its public key. This may take place through (1) a certification authority’s generation of a public key certificate, (2) a security officer’s verification of an entity’s credentials and placement of the entity’s public key and identifier in a secure database, or (3) an analogous method.

polysemousNISTIR 7298: Glossary of Key Information Security Terms, Revision 2

Senses

NISTIR 7298: Glossary of Key Information Security Terms, Revision 2

Process of associating two related elements of information.

NISTIR 7298: Glossary of Key Information Security Terms, Revision 2sense 3 pending review

Process of associating a specific communications terminal with a specific cryptographic key or associating two related elements of information.

Wordset Dictionary

the act of applying a bandage

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the protective covering on the front, back, and spine of a book

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strip sewn over or along an edge for reinforcement or decoration

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one of a pair of mechanical devices that are attached to a ski and that will grip a ski boot

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the capacity to attract and hold something

Classifications

Entity Type

Process0%rule-basedmulti_axis_classifier_low_confidence.v1
?unassignedlast reviewed

Sensitivity

75%llm-generatedllm:claude-haiku-4-5
?unassignedlast reviewed

Information Class

unclassified

Variants

synonym
coverdressingski binding
plural
Bindings
possessive
Binding's
pluralpossessive
Bindings'