cache

cache

a hiding place; a hidden store of goods: He had a cache of nonperishable food in case of an invasion.

Not to be confused with:

cachet – an official seal, as on a letter or document; a distinguishing feature: Courtesy is the cachet of a gracious hostess.; superior status; prestige: The diplomatic corps has a certain cachet.

cash – currency or coins: They’d rather have cash than a credit card.

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cache

 (kăsh)

n.

1.

a. An amount of goods or valuables, especially when kept in a concealed or hard-to-reach place: maintained a cache of food in case of emergencies.

b. The concealed or hard-to-reach place used for storing a cache.

2. A fast storage buffer in the central processing unit of a computer. Also called cache memory.

tr.v. cached, cach·ing, cach·es

To hide or store in a cache. See Synonyms at hide¹.

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[French, from Middle French, from cacher, to hide, from Old French, from Vulgar Latin *coācticāre, to store, pack together, frequentative of Latin coāctāre, to constrain, frequentative of cōgere, coāct-, to force; see cogent.]

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cache

(kæʃ)

n

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

2. the place where such a store is hidden

3. (Computer Science) computing a small high-speed memory that improves computer performance

vb

4. (tr) to store in a cache

5. (Computer Science) (tr) to store in a cache

[C19: from French, from cacher to hide]

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cache

(kæʃ)

n., v. cached, cach•ing. n.

1. a hiding place for ammunition, food, treasures, etc.

2. anything hidden in a cache.

3. a piece of computer hardware or a section of RAM dedicated to selectively storing and speeding access to frequently used program commands or data.

v.t.

4. to hide in a cache.

[1585–95; < French, n. derivative of cacher to hide < Vulgar Latin *coācticāre to stow away, orig. to pack together]

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cache

In evasion and recovery operations, source of subsistence and supplies, typically containing items such as food, water, medical items, and/or communications equipment, packaged to prevent damage from exposure and hidden in isolated locations by such methods as burial, concealment, and/or submersion, to support evaders in current or future operations. See also concealment; evader; evasion; evasion and recovery; recovery; recovery operations.

Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms. US Department of Defense 2005.

Cache

 a hiding place, hence, the items hidden; the stores of provisions hidden by travellers or explorers on their journeys.

Examples: cache of green boughs, 1866; of jewels; of meat, 1865; of a barrel of pork, 1842; of provisions; of silver, 1860; of treasure.

Dictionary of Collective Nouns and Group Terms. Copyright 2008 The Gale Group, Inc. All rights reserved.

cache

Past participle: cached
Gerund: caching

Imperative

cache

cache

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cache

A temporary storage area in a computer’s memory.

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Thesaurus

Noun	1.	cache - a hidden storage space (for money or provisions or weapons) storage space - the area in any structure that provides space for storage
	2.	cache - a secret store of valuables or money hoard, stash fund, store, stock - a supply of something available for future use; "he brought back a large store of Cuban cigars"
	3.	cache - (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 memory cache buffer storage, buffer store, buffer - (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 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 computer science, computing - the branch of engineering science that studies (with the aid of computers) computable processes and structures
Verb	1.	cache - save up as for future use hive up, hoard, lay away, squirrel away, stash lay aside, save up, save - accumulate money for future use; "He saves half his salary"

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cache

noun store, fund, supply, reserve, treasury, accumulation, stockpile, hoard, stash (informal) A cache of weapons and explosives was found by the police.

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cache

noun

A supply stored or hidden for future use:

backlog, hoard, inventory, nest egg, reserve, reservoir, stock, stockpile, store, treasure.

Slang: stash.

verb

To put or keep out of sight:

bury, conceal, ensconce, hide, occult, secrete.

Slang: plant, stash.

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Translations

Cache

cacheconservermaintenirréserve

nascondiglio

cache

[kæʃ]

A. N

1. (= stores) → víveres mpl escondidos; [of contraband, arms, explosives] → alijo m

2. (Comput) = cache memory

B. VT (= hide) → esconder, ocultar; (= hoard) → acumular

C. CPD cache memory N (Comput) → (memoria f) cache m or f

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cache

[ˈkæʃ] n

[arms, explosives] → cache f

a cache of food → un dépôt secret de provisionscache memory n (COMPUTING) → mémoire f tampon

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

cache

n

→ Versteck nt, → geheimes (Waffen-/Proviant)lager

(Comput: also cache memory) → Zwischenspeicher m, → Cachespeicher m

vt → verstecken

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cache

[kæʃ] n (of arms, food) → deposito segreto

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