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cache

[kash]

noun

  1. a hiding place, especially one in the ground, for ammunition, food, treasures, etc..

    She hid her jewelry in a little cache in the cellar.

  2. anything so hidden.

    The enemy never found our cache of food.

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  3. Also called cache storage.Computers.a temporary storage space or memory that allows fast access to data.

    Web browser cache;

    CPU cache.

  4. Alaska and Northern Canada.a small shed elevated on poles above the reach of animals and used for storing food, equipment, etc.



verb (used with object)

cached, caching 
  1. to put in a cache; conceal; hide.

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cache

/ æʃ /

noun

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

  2. the place where such a store is hidden

  3. computing a small high-speed memory that improves computer performance

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

verb

  1. (tr) to store in a cache

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

cache

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

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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of cache1

First recorded in 1585–95; from French, noun derivative of cacher “to hide,” from unattested Vulgar Latin 峦پ “to stow away,” originally, “to pack together,” frequentative of Latin 峦, equivalent to Latin 峦(ܲ) “collected” (past participle of ō “to collect, compel”) + -- formative verb suffix + -re infinitive ending
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of cache1

C19: from French, from cacher to hide
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In 2022, a cache of leaked emails revealed that, cue the gasps and shock, an $11,000-per-month anabolic steroid habit is the secret substance pumping up his hulking frame.

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In the days after the bombing, it remains unclear how Bartkus acquired the massive deadly cache.

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A cache of tens of thousands of Telegram messages between Marsalek and Roussev recovered by UK police indicated close coordination with the Austrian's "friends in Russia".

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The Mongols allegedly kept the cache of weapons to use against rivals, including the Hells Angels, Outlaws, Sons of Silence and Vagos.

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Israel said it targeted Hezbollah facilities and weapons caches.

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