cache
Other forms: cached; caches; caching
Cache sounds like what it is, a stash, and sometimes people — usually the criminal type — have a cache of stolen cash.
Often the phrase "weapons cache" is used of a bunch of hidden guns or weapons that have been hidden or stored away, which is logical, given that the French verb cacher means "to hide." Sometimes things aren’t really hidden but are stored away out of sight for use later. Computers even cache data and directories to retrieve when needed. So a cache is anything from a stash of cash to a store of information on reserve.
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a hidden storage space (for money or provisions or weapons)
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storage space
the area in any structure that provides space for storage
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storage space
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a secret store of valuables or money
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save up as for future use
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(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
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memory cache
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disk cache
a cache that stores copies of frequently used disk sectors in random access memory (RAM) so they can be read without accessing the slower disk
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buffer, buffer storage, buffer store
(computer science) a part of RAM used for temporary storage of data that is waiting to be sent to a device; used to compensate for differences in the rate of flow of data between components of a computer system
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disk cache
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This nonfiction work tells the amazing survival story of Ernest Shackleton and his crew after their ship Endurance sank in Antarctica in 1914.
Following the death of her uncle, sixteen-year-old Hattie Brooks travels to Montana to prove she can take care of her inherited land while dealing with anti-German sentiment during World War I.
After a deadly car crash, fourteen-year-olds Nick and Allie try to find their purpose as they wander around Everlost, a magical world halfway between life and death.
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