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noun

cache n.

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

That which is hidden in a cache (2); a hoard; a stockpile.

(Computers) A form of memory in a computer which has a faster access time than most of main memory, and is usually used to store the most frequently accessed data in main memory during execution of a program.

verb

cache v. t. To store in a cache (1).

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Etymology of 'Cache'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Cache" Quotes from Famous Books

... found in the forests should be respected and allowed to remain where they are. It is customary for campers to cache their belongings with the assurance that forest etiquette will be held inviolate ...

— On the Trail - An Outdoor Book for Girls • Lina Beard and Adelia Belle Beard

... back to the boat cache was resumed. Towards night, as they approached the place, smoke was seen rising from the ground, and fearing evil, the men broke into a run during the last two miles. As Cary's journal puts it: "We arrived at our camp to find boat and stores burnt and the fire still ...

— Bowdoin Boys in Labrador • Jonathan Prince (Jr.) Cilley

... the shingle, holding it firmly pinned with his forepaws as he tried to worry loose a section of flesh. But apparently that feat was beyond even his notable teeth, and at length he left it lying there in disgust while he returned to a cache for more palatable fare. Shann went to examine more ...

— Storm Over Warlock • Andre Norton

... peut tenir pour un maxime indubitable que l'accord du Roy d'Angleterre avec son parlement, en quelque maniere qu'il se fasse, n'est pas conforme aux interets de V. M. Je me contente de penser cela sane m'en ouvrir a personne, et je cache avec soin mes sentimens a cet egard."—Barillon to Lewis, Feb. 28,/Mar. 1687. That this was the real secret of the whole policy of Lewis towards our country was perfectly understood at Vienna. The Emperor Leopold wrote thus to James, March 30,/April 9, 1689: "Galli id unum agebant, ut, perpetuas ...

— The History of England from the Accession of James II. - Volume 1 (of 5) • Thomas Babington Macaulay

... passages and cells in that nunnery. This circumstance is not pretended even to be disputed or doubted; for when the dungeons under ground are spoken of before the Papists, their remark is this: "Eh bien! mais vous ne les trouverez pas, a present; on les a cache hors de vue. Very well, you will not find them there now; they are closed up, and out of sight." Why was the manoeuvre completed? Manifestly, that in urgent extremity, a casual explorer might be deceived, by the apparent proof that the avenues, and places of imprisonment ...

— Awful Disclosures - Containing, Also, Many Incidents Never before Published • Maria Monk

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