Memory that is accessed based on its contents, not on its memory address. Sometimes called content addressable memory (CAM).

1. a memory of a past event or place that may occur by recalling something associated with it. 2. retrieval of a memory of a stimulus or behavior in relation to the presentation of an associated stimu [..]

Associative memory describes the ability to learn and recall relationships between previously unrelated items, places, or people. A type of declarative memory, it is the memory function involved with [..]

A simple form of memory that is established due to the co-occurrence of two stimuli or events. In the case of music, it is common for people to form personal associations between some particular musical work with a specific past circumstance where the work was first (or frequently) encountered. Associative memories may be entirely arbitrary. For ex [..]