"Data binding is the process that establishes a connection between the application UI and business logic."
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms752347(v=VS.90).aspx[
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In your snippet you have neither business logic nor a UI, ergo, this is not databinding.
This would be an example of databinding
DropDownList ddl = new DropDownList();
ddl.DataSource = myDatasource;
ddl.DataBind();