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Definition of cache noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

cache

noun
 
/kæʃ/
 
/kæʃ/
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  1. a hidden store of things such as weapons
    • an arms cache
  2. (computing) a part of a computer’s memory that stores copies of data that is often needed while a program is running. This data can be accessed very quickly.Topics Computersc2
    3. Word Originlate 18th cent.: from French, from cacher ‘to hide’.
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