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
A trade association, also known as an industry trade group, business association, sector association or industry body, is an organization founded and funded by businesses that operate in a specific Industry (economics), industry. An industry tra ...
, an organization founded and funded by businesses that operate in a specific industry
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Voluntary association
A voluntary group or union (also sometimes called a voluntary organization, common-interest association, association, or society) is a group of individuals who enter into an agreement, usually as volunteering, volunteers, to form a body (or organ ...
, a body formed by individuals to accomplish a purpose, usually as volunteers
Association in various fields of study
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Association (archaeology)
This page is a glossary of archaeology, the study of the human past from material remains.
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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
Genetic association is when one or more genotypes within a population co-occur with a phenotypic trait more often than would be expected by chance occurrence.
Studies of genetic association aim to test whether single-locus alleles or genotype fre ...
, 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 In computing, a file association associates a file with an application capable of opening that file. More commonly, a file association associates a class of files (usually determined by their filename extension, such as .txt) with a corresponding a ...
, 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
L'Association is a French publishing house located in Paris which publishes comic books. It was founded in May 1990 by Jean-Christophe Menu, Lewis Trondheim, David B., Mattt Konture, Patrice Killoffer, Stanislas, and Mokeït.
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, a French comic book publisher
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The Association
The Association is an American sunshine pop band from California. During the late 1960s, the band had numerous hits at or near the top of the ''Billboard'' charts (including " Windy", " Cherish", " Never My Love" and "Along Comes Mary") and ...
, 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) Free association may refer to:
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Associative property in mathematics
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Interpersonal relationship
The concept of interpersonal relationship involves social associations, connections, or affiliations between two or more people. Interpersonal relationships vary in their degree of intimacy or self-disclosure, but also in their duration, in t ...
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Friendship
Friendship is a relationship of mutual affection between people. It is a stronger form of interpersonal bond than an "acquaintance" or an "association", such as a classmate, neighbor, coworker, or colleague.
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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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