Attachment may refer to:
Entertainment
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''Attachments'' (novel), a 2011 novel by Rainbow Rowell
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''Attachments'' (TV series), a BBC comedy-drama that ran from 2000 to 2002
Law
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Attachment (law) Attachment is a legal process by which a court of law, at the request of a creditor, designates specific property owned by the debtor to be transferred to the creditor, or sold for the benefit of the creditor. A wide variety of legal mechanisms are ...
, a means of collecting a legal judgment by levying on a specific property in the possession of the opposing party.
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Attachment of earnings
Attachment of earnings is a legal process in civil litigation by which a defendant's wages or other earnings are taken to pay for a debt. This collections process is used in the common law system, especially Britain and the United States, but in ...
, collecting money owed by a debtor directly from the debtor's employer
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Rule B Attachment, provided under the US Federal Rules of Civil Procedure for freezing a defendant's property in pursuit of a maritime claim
Technology
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AT Attachment
Parallel ATA (PATA), originally , also known as IDE, is a standard interface designed for IBM PC-compatible computers. It was first developed by Western Digital and Compaq in 1986 for compatible hard drives and CD or DVD drives. The connectio ...
, a computer disk drive interface standard
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Email attachment
An email attachment is a computer file sent along with an email message. One or more files can be attached to any email message, and be sent along with it to the recipient. This is typically used as a simple method to share documents and images.
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Excavator attachment added onto construction equipment to alter its function
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Rental attachments, components attached to rental machinery
Other
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Attachment theory
Attachment theory is a psychological, evolutionary and ethological theory concerning relationships between humans. The most important tenet is that young children need to develop a relationship with at least one primary caregiver for normal ...
, psychological model attempting to describe the dynamics of relationships between humans
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virus
A virus is a submicroscopic infectious agent that replicates only inside the living cells of an organism. Viruses infect all life forms, from animals and plants to microorganisms, including bacteria and archaea.
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to its target cell
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Moh
Moh (Punjabi: ਮੋਹ ''mōha''; Sanskrit: ''muh'': is a word in Punjabi and Sanskrit.
Definition
“to become stupefied, to be bewildered or perplexed, to err, to be mistaken”. It stands in ancient texts for perplexity or confusion and ...
, a vice in Sikh religion
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Upādāna
''Upādāna'' is a Sanskrit and Pali word that means "fuel, material cause, substrate that is the source and means for keeping an active process energized". It is also an important Buddhist concept referring to "attachment, clinging, grasping". ...
, a cause of suffering in Buddhism
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