Attachment

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Attachment may refer to:

• Attachment theory, the psychological theory which is used by mental health professionals and social workers to describe and investigate the predictable emotional connection between individuals
• "Attachment" as a vice:
  • Upādāna, a cause of suffering (in Buddhism)
  • Moh, a vice in Sikh belief

Law

• Attachment (law), a means of collecting a legal judgment by levying on property in the possession of a third party
  • Attachment of earnings, collecting money owed by a debtor directly from the debtor's employer
  • Rule B Attachment, provided under the US Federal Rules of Civil Procedure for freezing a defendant's property in pursuit of a maritime claim

Science

• The process by which any [downward] leader "connects" to any available [upward] streamer in a lightning flash.
• The binding of a virus to its target cell

Technology

• An e-mail attachment
• AT Attachment, a computer disk drive interface standard
• Precision attachment, the functional mechanical parts of a removable partial denture
• Rental attachments, components attached to rental machinery
• Excavator#Excavator_attachments added onto construction equipment to alter its function

The Arts

• Attachments (TV series), a BBC comedy-drama that ran from 2000 to 2002 about an Internet startup company
• Attachments, a 2011 novel by Rainbow Rowell

See also

• Attaché, a diplomatic assignment
• "Attached", an episode of Star Trek: The Next Generation