cache — ONAD · Shobdo

cache /kaSH, kæʃ

▸ noun

1 a collection of items of the same type stored in a hidden or inaccessible place:

an arms cache

a cache of gold coins.

▪ a hidden or inaccessible storage place for valuables, provisions, or ammunition:

there was a good supply of meat in the caches.

2 (also cache memory) Computing an auxiliary memory from which high-speed retrieval is possible:

[as modifier] typical cache sizes range from 64K to 256K.

▸ verb [with object]

1 store away in hiding or for future use:

he decided that they must cache their weapons.

2 Computing store (data) in a cache memory:

the operating system tries to cache every disk operation.

▪ provide (hardware) with a cache memory:

the device comes complete with 4MB of RAM to cache the hard drive

(as adjective cached) a cached host adapter.

– DERIVATIVES
cacheable ,cacheless

– ORIGIN late 18th century : from French, from cacher ‘to hide’.