Cache

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  • noun. undefined
  • noun. An amount of goods or valuables, especially when kept in a concealed or hard-to-reach place.
  • noun. The concealed or hard-to-reach place used for storing a cache.
  • noun. A fast storage buffer in the central processing unit of a computer.
  • transitive verb. To hide or store in a cache. synonym: hide.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • A Middle English form of catch.
  • noun. A place of concealment, especially in the ground or under a cairn.
  • noun. A store of provisions or other things deposited in such a place of concealment, for present convenience or for future use.
  • To conceal, generally by burying in the ground or under a cairn.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • transitive verb. To store in a cache{1}.
  • noun. A hole in the ground, or other hiding place, for concealing and preserving provisions which it is inconvenient to carry.
  • noun. That which is hidden in a cache{2}; a hoard; a stockpile.
  • noun. A form of memory in a computer which has a faster access time than most of main memory, and is usually used to store the most frequently accessed data in main memory during execution of a program.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. A store of things that may be required in the future, which can be retrieved rapidly, protected or hidden in some way.
  • noun. A fast temporary storage where recently or frequently used information is stored to avoid having to reload it from a slower storage medium.
  • noun. A container containing treasure in a global treasure-hunt game.
  • verb. To place in a cache.
  • verb. For the herb in a bowl to be entirely burnt to ashes and therefore having become empty, gone, or useless for further smoking
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • noun. a secret store of valuables or money
  • noun. (computer science) RAM memory that is set aside as a specialized buffer storage that is continually updated; used to optimize data transfers between system elements with different characteristics
  • noun. a hidden storage space (for money or provisions or weapons)
  • verb. save up as for future use
  • Word Usage
    "Among the bigger changes, we've completed the overhaul of the Nickname cache article to document where to find the cache in Outlook 2010 and we've consolidated all of the MAPI Constants into a single article."
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    fund  lay aside  save  save up  stock  
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    A  A.  Asch  Ash  Ashe  
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    asylum  backlog  bank  bolt-hole  bosom  
    verb-form
    cached  caches  caching