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Definition of Cache
1. Verb. Save up as for future use. "They cache the money in the closet"
Generic synonyms: Lay Aside, Save, Save Up
Derivative terms: Hoard, Hoarder, Stash
2. Noun. A hidden storage space (for money or provisions or weapons).
3. Noun. A secret store of valuables or money.
4. 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.
Generic synonyms: Buffer, Buffer Storage, Buffer Store
Specialized synonyms: Disk Cache
Category relationships: Computer Science, Computing
Definition of Cache
1. n. A hole in the ground, or hiding place, for concealing and preserving provisions which it is inconvenient to carry.
Definition of Cache
1. Noun. A store of things that may be required in the future, which can be retrieved rapidly, protected or hidden in some way. ¹
2. Noun. (computing) A fast temporary storage where recently- or frequently-used information is stored to avoid having to reload it from a slower storage medium. ¹
3. Noun. (context: geocaching) A container containing treasure in a global treasure-hunt game. ¹
4. Verb. To place in a cache. ¹
5. Verb. (context: Marijuana smoking) For the herb in a bowl to be entirely burnt to ashes and therefore having become empty, gone, or useless for further smoking ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Cache
1. to store in a hiding place [v CACHED, CACHING, CACHES]
Medical Definition of Cache
1. An obsolete device consisting of a lead cone covered with several layers of paper, having a mica window at the bottom, used as an applicator in radiotherapy, the radium or other radioactive substance being at the apex of the cone and filters being placed below as required. Origin: Fr. Hidden, covered (05 Mar 2000)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Cache
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