Attachment may refer to:

Entertainment

* ''Attachments'' (novel), a 2011 novel by Rainbow Rowell * ''Attachments'' (TV series), a BBC comedy-drama that ran from 2000 to 2002

Law

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. * 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

Technology

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 connect ...

, a computer disk drive interface standard * Email attachment * Excavator attachment added onto construction equipment to alter its function * Rental attachments, components attached to rental machinery

Other

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 * The binding of a

virus A virus is a wikt:submicroscopic, submicroscopic infectious agent that replicates only inside the living Cell (biology), cells of an organism. Viruses infect all life forms, from animals and plants to microorganisms, including bacteria and ...

to its target cell * Moh, a vice in Sikh religion *

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 {{disambig