cache

[ kash ]
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noun
  1. a hiding place, especially one in the ground, for ammunition, food, treasures, etc.: She hid her jewelry in a little cache in the cellar.

  2. anything so hidden: The enemy never found our cache of food.

  1. Also called cache storage .Computers. a temporary storage space or memory that allows fast access to data: Web browser cache;CPU cache.

  2. 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.
  1. to put in a cache; conceal; hide.

Origin of cache

1
First recorded in 1585–95; from French, noun derivative of cacher “to hide,” from unattested Vulgar Latin coācticāre “to stow away,” originally, “to pack together,” frequentative of Latin coāctāre, equivalent to Latin coāct(us) “collected” (past participle of cōgere “to collect, compel”) + -icā- formative verb suffix + -re infinitive ending

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How to use cache in a sentence

  • As the caravan came nearer, David was convinced that he saw before him the owner of the cache and the canine.

  • They went to the chamber where Bemmon slept and there, almost at once, they found his cache.

    Space Prison | Tom Godwin
  • They were not drunkards, but the cache had given them hopes of drinks.

    The Beach of Dreams | H. De Vere Stacpoole
  • If worst came to the worst there was bread stuff in the cache.

    The Beach of Dreams | H. De Vere Stacpoole
  • Couldn't we make a sort of cache of it—bury it just outside the cabin for to-night?

    The Three Partners | Bret Harte

British Dictionary definitions for cache

cache

/ (kæʃ) /


noun
  1. a hidden store of provisions, weapons, treasure, etc

  2. the place where such a store is hidden

  1. computing a small high-speed memory that improves computer performance

verb
  1. (tr) to store in a cache

Origin of cache

1
C19: from French, from cacher to hide

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Scientific definitions for cache

cache

[ kăsh ]


  1. An area of computer memory devoted to the high-speed retrieval of frequently used or requested data.

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