Association may refer to: *

Club (organization) A club is an voluntary association, association of people united by a common interest or goal. A service club, for example, exists for voluntary or charitable activities. There are clubs devoted to hobbies and sports, social activities clubs, po ...

, an association of two or more people united by a common interest or goal *

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. Through collabor ...

, an organization founded and funded by businesses that operate in a specific industry *

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 volunteers, to form a body (or organization) to a ...

, a body formed by individuals to accomplish a purpose, usually as volunteers * Non profit association, a body formed by individuals to accomplish a purpose without any profit interest *

Collaboration Collaboration (from Latin ''com-'' "with" + ''laborare'' "to labor", "to work") is the process of two or more people, entities or organizations working together to complete a task or achieve a goal. Collaboration is similar to cooperation. The ...

, the act of working together

Association in various fields of study

Association (archaeology) This page is a glossary of archaeology, the study of the human past from material remains. A B C D E F ...

, the close relationship between objects or contexts. * Association (astronomy), combined or co-added group of astronomical exposures *

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 ...

Association (ecology) In phytosociology and community ecology an association is a type of community (ecology), ecological community with a predictable species composition and consistent physiognomy (structural appearance) which occurs in a particular habitat type. The ...

, a type of ecological community *

Genetic association Genetic association is when one or more genotypes within a population co-occur with a phenotype, phenotypic trait association (statistics), more often than would be expected by chance occurrence. Studies of genetic association aim to test whether ...

, when one or more genotypes within a population co-occur *

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 o ...

, defines a relationship between classes of objects *

Association (psychology) Association in psychology refers to a mental connection between concepts, events, or mental states that usually stems from specific experiences.Klein, Stephen (2012). ''Learning: Principles and Applications'' (6 ed.). SAGE Publications. . ...

, a connection between two or more concepts in the mind or imagination *

Association (statistics) In statistics, correlation or dependence is any statistical relationship, whether causal or not, between two random variables or bivariate data. Although in the broadest sense, "correlation" may indicate any type of association, in statistics ...

, a statistical relationship between two variables * File association, associates a file with a software application *

Professional association A professional association (also called a professional body, professional organization, or professional society) is a group that usually seeks to advocacy, further a particular profession, the interests of individuals and organisations engaged in ...

, typically nonprofit organization seeking to further a particular profession *

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 param ...

, the establishment of security attributes between two communication networks

Particular entities

* Association of Mary, Queen of Scots, and James VI, a plan for the conjoint rule in Scotland of Mary, Queen of Scots and James VI. *

Continental Association The Continental Association, also known as the Articles of Association or simply the Association, was an agreement among the Thirteen Colonies, American colonies, adopted by the First Continental Congress, which met inside Carpenters' Hall in Phi ...

, often called the "Association", an economic boycott during the American Revolution * HMS ''Association'' (1697), a Royal Navy ship which sank in 1707 *

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. L'Associatio ...

, a French comic book publisher *

The Association The Association is an American sunshine pop band from Los Angeles, California. During the late 1960s, the band had numerous hits at or near the top of the Billboard charts, ''Billboard'' charts (including "Windy (The Association song), Windy" ...

, an American soft rock band ** ''The Association'' (album), 1969

Association in various fields of study

Particular entities

See also