Novice question: What's a "binding"

[dog.ee.lbl.gov!news!manta!psm@ucbvax.Berkeley.EDU (Scot Mcintosh)]

I'm just getting familiar with Ada and there is a mystery I'm trying to
clear up: what is meant by "bindings"? I see the term appearing as a
noun, as in: "We supply X Windows bindings for Ada". My inference is
that they are what I have thought of in the past as libraries. Before
making a fool of myself in front of someone important, I figure I had
better ask. (Oops, not that you people aren't important: I mean
someone like a *customer*). If my inference is correct, how did
this term happen to be selected instead of the more common (I think)
"libraries"?

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