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   Cache

   /kaSH/

   

   noun

   • 1. a collection of items of the same type stored in a hidden or inaccessible place: "an arms cache" Similar hoardstorestockpilestocksupplycollectionaccumulationreservefundarsenalhidden treasuretreasurenest egginformal:stashrare:amassment
   • ▪ a hidden or inaccessible storage place for valuables, provisions, or ammunition: "there was a good supply of meat in the caches" Similar hiding placestorage placesecret placeholehideoutinformal:hidey-holeinformal, dated:stash
   • 2. an auxiliary memory from which high-speed retrieval is possible: "typical cache sizes range from 64K to 256K"

   verb

   • 1. store away in hiding or for future use: "he decided that they must cache their weapons"
   • 2. store (data) in a cache memory: "the operating system tries to cache every disk operation"
   • ▪ provide (hardware) with a cache memory: "the device comes complete with 4MB of RAM to cache the hard drive"

   Word Origin late 18th century: from French, from cacher ‘to hide’.

   Derivatives

   • 1. cacheable adjective
   • 2. cacheless adjective

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