title: Banding
text: # Banding
  
  Banding may refer to:
  
  * Banding (medical), procedures that use elastic bands for constriction
  * Bird banding/ringing, the marking of individual birds with bands or rings to enable individual identification
  * Colour banding, an inaccuracy in computer graphics
  * Edge banding, a woodworking technique
  * G banding, a genetic technique
  * Minor variations in outputs from printers and photocopiers that allow forensic identification
  * Another name for strapping, the process of applying a strap to an item to combine, hold, reinforce, or fasten it, or the strap or band itself
  * Ability grouping, the educational practice of placing students into groups based on their abilities, talents or achievements
  * Flow banding, a geological term to describe bands or layers in rocks
  * Occupational exposure banding, a chemical risk assessment process
  