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association lists

association lists is the plural of association list.

Meaning of association list

Noun

association list (plural association lists)

  1. A data structure that associates keys with data; implemented as a list whose members are paired storage locations (cons cells), one element of which (the car) contains the key and the other element of which (the cdr) contains the keyed data.
    Synonyms:
    alist

Questions about association lists

What is association lists the plural of?
Association lists is the plural of association list.

Words near association lists in the dictionary

  1. association football
  2. association footballer
  3. association link
  4. association links
  5. association list
  6. association lists
  7. association of ideas
  8. association time
  9. association times
  10. associational
  11. associational freedom

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Adapted from Wiktionary: association lists (page history and authors); association list (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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