associative

mielleyhtymiin perustuva, assosiatiivinen Pertaining to, resulting from, or characterised by association; capable of associating; tending to associate or unite.
puhekieltä such that, for any operands a, b, c , (a b) c = a (b c)
puhekieltä addressable by a key more complex than an integer index

Awks associative arrays may be indexed by strings.''

Associative memories were once given considerable attention.