Complete Definition of "cache"

see|caché
English

Pronunciation
AHD|/k�sh/
IPA|/kæ�/
audio|en-us-cache.ogg|Audio (US) audio|en-uk-cache.ogg|Audio (UK)
audio|en-ca-cache.ogg|(Canadian)
rhymes|æ�

Homophones
cash

Noun
en-noun

  1. A store of things that will be required in future, and can be retrieved rapidly. A cache may, or may not, be hidden.

#:Members of the 29-man Discovery team laid down food caches to allow the polar team to travel light, hopping from food cache to food cache on their return journey.

  1. computing A fast temporary storage where most recent or most frequent values are stored to avoid having to reload from a slower storage medium.
  2. 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.
  3. (geocaching) A container containing "treasure" in a global treasure hunt game.

See also
concealment
evader
evasion
evasion and recovery
recovery
recovery operations

References
rfc-level|References at L4+ not in L3 POS section
JP 1-02 Department of Defense Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms

Verb
en-verb|cach|ing

  1. To place in a cache.

Translations

Czech: skrýš f, úkryt m, zásobárna f
Ido: cel-eyo
mid
Spanish: caché m
Swedish: cache, cacheminne


French

Noun 1
fr-noun|f

  1. hiding place

Derived terms
cachette

Noun 2
fr-noun|m

  1. cover, mask

Derived terms
cache-cache
cache-sexe

Verb
cache

  1. First and third person singular of cacher, hide

#: je cache
#: il/elle/on cache

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