associative storage

associative storage: 1. A storage device whose storage locations are identified by their contents, or by a part of their contents, rather than by their names or positions. Note: Associative storage can also refer to this process as well as to the device. Synonym content-addressable storage. 2. Storage that supplements another storage.

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