The concept of Binding

• the asterisk symbol (*) is usually bound to the multiplication operation at (1).
• A data type, such as int in C, is bound to a range of possible values at (2).
• A variable in a Java program is bound to a particular data type at (3).
• A variable may be bound to a storage cell when the program is loaded into memory at (4). That same binding does not happen until (5) in some cases, as with variables declared in Java methods.
• A call to a library subprogram is bound to the subprogram code at (6).

count = count + 5;

• The type of count is bound at (1).
• The set of possible values of count is bound at compiler (2).
• The meaning of the operator symbol + is bound at (3), when the types of its operands have been determined.
• The internal representation of the literal 5 is bound at compiler (4).
• The value of count is bound at (5) with this statement