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to rebind

to rebind

9.1
To change the internet address a website name points to so attackers can reach internal devices
  • verb
  • /riːˈbaɪnd/
  • Texting
translation icon : reconfigurar
  • The script will rebind the DNS settings to allow access to the internal network from outside.

Examples

  • OK, so now let's say we rebind the, we rebind radius to be something else.

  • The next statement rebinds the name X to the value of the expression X * X.

  • *edit* Remus, although you cannot actually move the skills around, you *can* rebind the keys as you wish... so even if you are relying on muscle memory for a different game, it should still be possible.

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  • This rebinds the window manager functions to the middle button, which frees up Alt+click and Alt+drag with the left button for Inkscape.

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  • To enhance security, the malware attempted to rebind the target domain to an internal IP address.

  • In order to bypass the restrictions, the hacker managed to rebind the domain to a different address.

Synonyms

to reassign
vsto rebind
  • Specialized
2 4.2

Give a new value to a variable in a program

changes which IP address a domain name resolves to for network access

Surface Forms

rebind infinitive
rebound past
rebound past participle
rebinding present participle
rebounds third person singular

Morphology

rebind = bind (semi-transparent) = re + bind

Morphologically re- + bind is regular, but the computing sense of 'bind' (associate a domain with an IP) is specialized; learners who only know the general 'tie' sense may not infer the technical meaning.

Etymology

The computing sense of rebind uses the same parts re- 'again' and bind 'to attach', so to rebind a domain is to attach its name to a different address again — like re-tying a label to a new place, which explains why a name can be made to point somewhere else.