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"binding" is pretty standard terminology in some oldtimey languages; lisp, ML, etc.



Bash documentation says that "set -u" traps variables that are "unset".

The actual diagnostic itself is better educated:

  $ set -u
  $ asdasdf
  $ echo $asdasdf
  bash: asdasdf: unbound variable




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