bind: The most widely used Name Server Software bind: BIND is open source software that implements the Domain Name System (DNS) bind: protocols for the Internet. It is a reference implementation of those bind: protocols, but it is also production-grade software, suitable for use in bind: high-volume and high-reliability applications. The name BIND stands for bind: Berkeley Internet Name Domain, because the software originated in the bind: early 1980s at the University of California at Berkeley. bind: bind: Package maintainer: Felipe Sanchez bind: