Association may refer to:
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Club (organization), an association of two or more people united by a common interest or goal
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Trade association, an organization founded and funded by businesses that operate in a specific industry
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Voluntary association, a body formed by individuals to accomplish a purpose, usually as volunteers
Association in various fields of study
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Association (archaeology), the close relationship between objects or contexts.
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Association (astronomy), combined or co-added group of astronomical exposures
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Association (chemistry)
Dissociation in chemistry is a general process in which molecules (or ionic compounds such as salts, or complexes) separate or split into other things such as atoms, ions, or radicals, usually in a reversible manner. For instance, when an acid ...
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Association (ecology), a type of ecological community
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Genetic association, when one or more genotypes within a population co-occur
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Association (object-oriented programming) In object-oriented programming, association defines a relationship between classes of objects that allows one object instance to cause another to perform an action on its behalf. This relationship is structural, because it specifies that objects of ...
, defines a relationship between classes of objects
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Association (psychology), a connection between two or more concepts in the mind or imagination
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Association (statistics), a statistical relationship between two variables
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File association, associates a file with a software application
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Security association
A security association (SA) is the establishment of shared security attributes between two network entities to support secure communication. An SA may include attributes such as: cryptographic algorithm and mode; traffic encryption key; and paramet ...
, the establishment of security attributes between two communication networks
Particular entities
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Continental Association, often called the "Association", an economic boycott during the American Revolution
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HMS ''Association'' (1697), a Royal Navy ship which sank in 1707
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L'Association, a French comic book publisher
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The Association, an American soft rock band
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''The Association'' (album), 1969
See also
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Associate (disambiguation)
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Free association (disambiguation)
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Associative property in mathematics
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Interpersonal relationship
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Friendship
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Association Football
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Registered association (Germany)
An (; "registered association" or "incorporated association"), abbreviated (), is a legal status for a registered voluntary association in Germany. While any group may be called a , registration as confers many legal benefits, because it con ...
(An ''eingetragener Verein'')
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