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cache
[ kash ]
noun
- a hiding place, especially one in the ground, for ammunition, food, treasures, etc.:
She hid her jewelry in a little cache in the cellar.
- anything so hidden:
The enemy never found our cache of food.
- Also called cache storage. Computers. a temporary storage space or memory that allows fast access to data:
Web browser cache;
CPU cache.
- Alaska and Northern Canada. a small shed elevated on poles above the reach of animals and used for storing food, equipment, etc.
cache
/ kæʃ /
noun
- a hidden store of provisions, weapons, treasure, etc
- the place where such a store is hidden
- computing a small high-speed memory that improves computer performance
verb
- tr to store in a cache
cache
/ kăsh /
- An area of computer memory devoted to the high-speed retrieval of frequently used or requested data.
Word History and Origins
Origin of cache1
Word History and Origins
Origin of cache1
Example Sentences
Another cache of drugs was found in a Downey apartment, said to include “indications of a Mexican cartel.”
For Georgescu's critics, photographs of the weapons cache are the ultimate proof of his danger to the republic.
A cache of emails released by his former employer JP Morgan suggested the relationship was in fact very close.
Hawkins secured his most significant acquisition in 1976, when he discovered a previously thought destroyed cache of photographs and glass negatives for color images created by Paul Outerbridge.
Soon, our cache of loose bills was depleted.
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