Binning Explained

Binning may refer to:

People

• Binning (surname)
• William of Binning, 13th century Cistercian monk and abbott
• Lord Binning is a subsidiary title of the Earls of Haddington; holders include:
  • Charles Hamilton, Lord Binning, (1697–1732), Scottish politician
  • George Baillie-Hamilton, Lord Binning, (1856–1917), British Army officer

In science

Binning is often used as a synonym to grouping or classification.

• Data binning: a data pre-processing technique.
• Binning (metagenomics): the process of classifying reads into different groups or taxonomies.
• Product binning: in semiconductor device fabrication, the process of categorizing finished products.
• Pixel binning: the process of combining charge from adjacent pixels in a CCD image sensor during readout.

See also

• Bening (disambiguation)
• Benning (disambiguation)