Content-addressable memory

Content-addressable memory is like a special kind of memory in computers. Instead of remembering things based on a number, like regular memory, content-addressable memory remembers things using a special type of address called "content." Let's say you have a library full of books. If you wanted to find a book, you would look at the title and author of the book. That's like content-addressable memory. Instead of having to search for the book by its number, you can just look for the title and author. Content-addressable memory lets computers do the same thing, quickly locating information in its memory based on the content of the data instead of its address.