Association may refer to:

• Voluntary association, a group of individuals who voluntarily enter into an agreement to accomplish a purpose
  • 501(c) non-profit organization
  • Professional association
  • Alumni association, an association of former students of a college or university
  • An industry trade group is also known as a trade association
  • Sports association

Associations in various fields of study:

• Association (statistics), comes from two variables that are related
• Association (psychology), something linked in memory or imagination with a thing or person
• Association of Ideas, philosophical und psychological term
• Archaeological association, in archaeology, the relationship between objects found together
• Association (ecology), a set of organisms which appear together and cover areas in a roughly uniform way
• Association (astronomy), combined or co-added group of astronomical exposures
• Genetic association
• Association (object-oriented programming), in object-oriented programming, a relationship between classes

Names of particular entities or things:

• The Association, a pop band
• HMS Association, a Royal Navy ship which sank in 1707
• L'Association, a French comic book publisher
• Continental Association, often called the "Association", an economic boycott during the American Revolution

• Records Management Society
  rms-gb.org.uk
  Includes information about the society, journals, events and conferences.
• National Association For Information Management
  naim.neon-dreams.co.uk
  NAIM aims to provide guidance for both the public and private sectors in the UK on information governance issues such as the Data Protection Act 1998, the Freedom of Information Act 2000, records management, Re-Use of Public Sector Information, and knowledge management.
• Directory of Archival Organizations
  geocities.com
  Lists regional, state and local associations in the U.S.