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Word: cache (lookup usage) (lookup stats)


Meaning:

Noun:

  • A store of things that may or will be required in the future, and can be retrieved rapidly, protected or hidden in some way.
  • computing A fast temporary storage where most recent or most frequent values are stored to avoid having to reload from a slower storage medium.
  • geocaching A container containing treasure in a global treasure-hunt game.
  • too specific, included in first definition military In evasion and recovery operations, 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 evaders in current or future operations.

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Verb:

  • To place in a cache.

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