Definition of cache

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cache    (ksh) KEY 

NOUN:

1. 1. A hiding place used especially for storing provisions.
   2. A place for concealment and safekeeping, as of valuables.
   3. 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.

TRANSITIVE VERB:
cached, cach·ing, cach·es

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

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ETYMOLOGY:
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