Definitions for cachekæʃ

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Random House Webster's College Dictionary

cachekæʃ(n.; v.)cached, cach•ing.

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

  2. anything hidden in a cache.

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

    Category: Computers

  4. (v.t.)to hide in a cache.

Origin of cache:

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

Princeton's WordNet

  1. cache(noun)

    a hidden storage space (for money or provisions or weapons)

  2. hoard, cache, stash(noun)

    a secret store of valuables or money

  3. cache, memory cache(verb)

    (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. hoard, stash, cache, lay away, hive up, squirrel away(verb)

    save up as for future use

Wiktionary

  1. cache(Noun)

    A store of things that may be required in the future, which can be retrieved rapidly, protected or hidden in some way.

    Members of the 29-man Discovery team laid down food caches to allow the polar team to travel light, hopping from food cache to food cache on their return journey.

  2. cache(Noun)

    A fast temporary storage where recently- or frequently-used information is stored to avoid having to reload it from a slower storage medium.

  3. cache(Noun)

    A container containing treasure in a global treasure-hunt game.

  4. cache(Verb)

    To place in a cache.

  5. cache(Verb)

    For the herb in a bowl to be entirely burnt to ashes and therefore having become empty, gone, or useless for further smoking

Webster Dictionary

  1. Cache(noun)

    a hole in the ground, or hiding place, for concealing and preserving provisions which it is inconvenient to carry

The Nuttall Encyclopedia

  1. Cache

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

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.


Translations for cache

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

hidden(adjective)

(made in such a way as to be) difficult to see or find

a hidden door; a hidden meaning.

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