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cache  (ksh)

n.

1.

a. A hiding place used especially for storing provisions.

b. A place for concealment and safekeeping, as of valuables.

c. A store of goods or valuables concealed in a hiding place: maintained a cache of food in case of emergencies.

2. Computer Science 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 cacher, to hide, from Old French, to press, hide, from Vulgar Latin *cocticre, to store, pack together, frequentative of Latin coctre, to constrain, from coctus, past participle of cgere, to force; see cogent.]

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cache [kash]

Noun

a hidden store of weapons, provisions, or treasure [French cacher to hide]

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cache  (ksh)

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

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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.

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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.

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)

Translations

cache [kæʃ] n [of drugs] → alijo; [of arms] → zulo

cache [kæʃ] n → cachette f;

a cache of food etc → un dépôt secret de provisions etc, une cachette contenant des provisions etc

cache [kæʃ] n → Versteck nt, geheimes Lager nt;

a cache of food → ein geheimes Proviantlager

cache [kæʃ] n → nascondiglio;

a cache of food etc → un deposito segreto di viveri etc