associated memory
nounUK /əˈsəʊʃieɪtɪd ˈmeməri/
US /əˈsoʊʃieɪtɪd ˈmeməri/
A memory is a connected memory when one thing makes you think of another thing.
The smell of cookies brought back an associated memory of baking with Grandma.
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2. In computing, a way of finding stored data by its content rather than its address.
The chip uses associated memory to look up values quickly.
3. A memory tied to a specific stimulus, like a sound or smell.
The song was an associated memory of her first dance.
4. A memory formed by linking two ideas together in the mind.
He made an associated memory between the word and its picture.