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The binding indication is the second part of the configuration
specification. It identifies the entity to bind with the component and
also maps the two interfaces together. That is, a binding
indication associates component instances with a particular design
entity.  A particular architecture of the entity can also be selected
at this time. The binding indication may include a PORT MAP and
GENERIC MAP to adapt the interfaces of the entity and the component.
An alternate method of binding components is to use a configuration
declaration.  This is a separate library that specifies the
configuration data for an architecture.  This method is mainly used
for large scale design and will not be discussed in this presentation.