Cache (Noun)
Meaning 1
A secret store of valuables or money.
Classification
Nouns denoting possession and transfer of possession.
Examples
- The pirate captain hid his treasure in a secret cache on the remote island.
- The wealthy businessman kept a cache of gold and jewels in his mansion's hidden vault.
- The thieves were searching for the rumored cache of stolen diamonds hidden somewhere in the city.
- The family had been hiding a cache of valuable artifacts in their attic for generations.
- The explorer stumbled upon an ancient cache of precious relics deep within the jungle ruins.
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Meaning 2
(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.
Classification
Nouns denoting man-made objects.
Examples
- The processor's cache stores frequently accessed data to reduce the time it takes to retrieve information from the main memory.
- A larger cache can significantly improve the performance of a computer system by minimizing the need to access slower storage devices.
- The cache controller manages the flow of data between the cache and the main memory, ensuring that the cache remains up-to-date.
- The cache hit ratio is a measure of how often the requested data is found in the cache, rather than having to be retrieved from the main memory.
- The cache coherence protocol ensures that the data in the cache remains consistent with the data in the main memory, even in a multi-processor system.
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Meaning 3
A hidden storage space (for money or provisions or weapons).
Classification
Nouns denoting man-made objects.