cache

noun

computing component that transparently stores data so that future requests for that data can be served faster

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Pronunciation: /kæʃ/ / /keɪʃ/ / /kæɪʃ/

Misspelling of cachet.
“The prophecies are an attempt to explore the mystery of democracy, to divine its origin in order to capitalize on its political cache, but also to diagnose the cause of its contemporary malaise.”

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

To place in a cache.
“And here the adventurers went ashore, unloaded, turned their canoe bottom up in the shelter of thick brush, and cached their supplies temporarily on a pole scaffold, out of reach of prowling depredators.”
To store data in a cache.
“In this case, it would not be ideal to use the full-page caching that the per-site or per-view cache strategies offer, because you wouldn't want to cache the entire result (since some of the data changes often), but you'd still want to cache the results that rarely change.”
To participate in geocaching.
To hide or seek a geocache.
to store up, stockpile