Cache

Quick meaning: Cache is a noun meaning A store, protected and often hidden in some way, of things that may be required in the future, such that they can be retrieved rapidly.

Meaning

A store, protected and often hidden in some way, of things that may be required in the future, such that they can be retrieved rapidly.

More Meanings

1. (transitive) To place in a cache.
2. (transitive, computing) To store data in a cache.
3. (intransitive) To participate in geocaching.
4. (transitive) To hide or seek a geocache.
5. to store up, stockpile
6. Misspelling of cachet.

Example Sentences

The prophecies are an attempt to explore the mystery of democracy, to divine its origin in order to capitalize on its political cache, but also to diagnose the cause of its contemporary malaise.

And here the adventurers went ashore, unloaded, turned their canoe bottom up in the shelter of thick brush, and cached their supplies temporarily on a pole scaffold, out of reach of prowling depredators.

In this case, it would not be ideal to use the full-page caching that the per-site or per-view cache strategies offer, because you wouldn't want to cache the entire result (since some of the data changes often), but you'd still want to cache the results that rarely change.

Word Forms

• caches
• caching
• cached

Synonyms for cache

Depending on context, synonyms include stash, hoard.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include hoard, stash, storage, reservoir, store, storehouse.

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