(1) To create a program, which can be run, by combining one or more modules created by an Integrated Language Environment (ILE) compiler.
(2) To relate an identifier to another object in a program; for example, to relate an identifier to a value, an address or another identifier, or to associate formal parameters and actual parameters.
(3) To convert the output from the DBMS precompiler to a usable control structure, such as an access plan, an application plan, or a package.
(4) To establish a connection between software components on a network using an agreed-to protocol. In Web services, the bind operation occurs when the service requestor invokes or initiates an interaction with the service at run time using the binding details in the service description to locate, contact, and invoke the service.
(5) To logically associate a program with data or another program.
(6) To combine object code from one or more sources into an executable load module or program object.