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cache

Pronunciation: /kæʃ/

The English word “cache” has 8 meanings listed here.

noun

  1. Such a store of physical supplies, placed by humans or other animals for practical reasons.
  2. A fast temporary storage where recently or frequently used information is stored to avoid having to reload it from a slower storage medium.
  3. A container containing treasure in a global treasure-hunt game.

verb

  1. To place in a cache.
  2. To store data in a cache.
  3. To participate in geocaching.
  4. To hide or seek a geocache.
  5. to store up, stockpile

Etymology

From French cache (as used by French Canadian trappers to mean “hiding place for stores”), from the verb cacher (“to hide”).

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