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Definition of 'CACHE' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (n.) cache
a hiding place for ammunition, food, treasures, etc.

2.  cache
anything hidden in a cache.

3.  cache
a piece of computer hardware or a section of RAM dedicated to selectively storing and speeding access to frequently used program commands or data.

4. (v.t.) cache
to hide in a cache.

Etymology:  (1585–95; < F, n. der. of cacher to hide < VL *coācticāre to stow away, orig. to pack together )

Definition of 'CACHE' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (noun) cache
a hidden storage space (for money or provisions or weapons)

2. (noun) hoard, cache, stash
a secret store of valuables or money

3. (verb) cache, memory 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

4. (verb) hoard, stash, cache, lay away, hive up, squirrel away
save up as for future use


Definition of 'CACHE' Webster Dictionary 

1. (noun) CACHE
a hole in the ground, or hiding place, for concealing and preserving provisions which it is inconvenient to carry


Definitions of 'CACHE' The Nuttall Encyclopedia 

1.  CACHE
name given in Canada to a hole in the ground for hiding provisions when they prove cumbersome to carry.


Definition of 'CACHE' Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms 

1.  CACHE
A 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 isolated personnel. See also concealment; evader; evasion; recovery; recovery operations.



'CACHE' - Nearby Entries  

cacatua  cachalot  cache  cachectic  cachet  cachexia  cachexy  



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