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cache
[ kash ]
/ kæÊ? /
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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.
verb (used with object), cached, cach·ing.
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Origin of cache
First recorded in 1585â95; from French, noun derivative of cacher âto hide,â from unattested Vulgar Latin coÄ?cticÄ?re âto stow away,â originally, âto pack together,â frequentative of Latin coÄ?ctÄ?re, equivalent to Latin coÄ?ct(us) âcollectedâ (past participle of cÅgere âto collect, compelâ) + -icÄ?- formative verb suffix + -re infinitive ending
Words nearby cache
cacciatore, Caccini, Cáceres, cachaca, cachalot, cache, cachectic, cachectin, Cache la Poudre, cache memory, cachepot
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British Dictionary definitions for cache
ð Elementary Level
cache
/ (kæÊ?) /
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
Word Origin for cache
C19: from French, from cacher to hide
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Scientific definitions for cache
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cache
[ kÄ?sh ]
An area of computer memory devoted to the high-speed retrieval of frequently used or requested data.
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