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noun

A supply stored or hidden for future use: backlog, hoard, inventory, nest egg, reserve, reservoir, stock, stockpile, store, treasure. Slang stash. See collect/distribute.

verb

To put or keep out of sight: bury, conceal, ensconce, hide, occult, secrete. Slang plant, stash. See show/hide.

Tutor's tip: She took a huge amount of "cash" (money) from the "cache" (hiding place) and used it to convey a certain "cachet" (status or stature).

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• Secrecy and Concealment - cache: hiding place, esp. for concealed provisions; something hidden or stashed away

For information related to caching Wikipedia, see Wikipedia:Cache.

Look up cache, caching, or caché in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.

Cache may refer to:

• Caching or hoarding (animal behavior), a food storing behavior of animals
• Treasure trove, a valuable cache which has been lost, or left unclaimed by the owner, or a place where items are stored
• Geocaching, an outdoor treasure-hunting game

In computing:

• Cache (computing), a collection of data duplicating original values stored elsewhere on a computer
• CPU cache, a small area of fast memory used by the central processing unit
• Disk buffer, the small amount of buffer memory present on a hard drive
• Page cache, the cache of disk pages kept by the operating systems, stored in unused main memory
• Web cache, a mechanism for the temporary storage of web documents to increase performance
• DNS cache, a server in the domain name system which stores queried results for a period of time
• P2P caching, a technique used to reduce bandwidth costs for content on peer-to-peer networks
• Database caching, a mechanism used to cache database content in multi-tier applications
• InterSystems Caché, an object / relational database management system

In geography:

• Cache (Aosta), a frazione in the Province of Aosta in the Aosta Valley region of Italy
• Cache, Illinois, an unincorporated community in Alexander County, Illinois, United States
• Cache, Oklahoma, a city in Comanche County
• Cache Creek (disambiguation), several places
• Cache County, Utah, United States
• Cache, Utah, Cache County, Utah, United States
• Cache Peak (Idaho), a tall mountain in Castle Rocks State Park

Caché may refer to:

• Caché (film), a 2005 film directed by Michael Haneke
• Caché (software), a database management system from InterSystems
• Caché (album), a 1993 album by Kirk Whalum
• Caché, Inc., South Florida women's apparel company rescued by Andrew Saul
• Benedikt de Caché (1740–1809), Austrian diplomat

See also

• Cachet, in philately, a design or inscription other than a cancellation or pre-printed postage
• Cash, money in the form of liquid currency
• All pages with titles containing "Cache"
• All pages beginning with "Cache"
• All pages with titles containing "Caché"
• All pages beginning with "Caché"

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Dansk (Danish)
n. - depot, gemmested, forråd
v. tr. - opmagasinere, skjule

idioms:

• cache memory    cachehukommelse

Nederlands (Dutch)
(geheime) bewaarplaats, verborgen voorraad/ schat, voorgeheugen van computer, verbergen

Français (French)
n. - cache
v. tr. - cacher

idioms:

• cache memory    (Comput) mémoire cache

Deutsch (German)
n. - (geheimes) Lager
v. - verstecken

idioms:

• cache memory    Cachespeicher

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - κρύπτη, κρυψώνα(ς) (τροφίμων, όπλων, ναρκωτικών), κρυφό απόθεμα, (Η/Υ) λανθάνουσα/κρυφή μνήμη
v. - κρύβω, καταχωνιάζω

idioms:

• cache memory    (Η/Υ) λανθάνουσα/κρυφή μνήμη

Italiano (Italian)
cache, riserva, nascondere

Português (Portuguese)
n. - esconderijo (m) de provisões, memória (f) cache (Inf.)
v. - esconder

Русский (Russian)
тайник, прятать в тайник

Español (Spanish)
n. - escondite, escondrijo
v. tr. - esconder, ocultar

idioms:

• cache memory    (informática) memoria cache

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - gömställe, depå, cacheminne
v. - gömma

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
贮藏所, 快速缓冲贮存区, 隐藏处, 隐藏, 窖藏

idioms:

• cache memory    高速缓冲存储器

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 貯藏所, 快速緩衝貯存區, 隱藏處
v. tr. - 隱藏, 窖藏

idioms:

• cache memory    高速緩衝記憶體

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 은닉처, 저장물
v. tr. - 저장하다, 숨기다

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 隠し場所, 隠匿物, 貯蔵物
v. - 隠す, 貯える

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) مكان سري, مخبأ (فعل) خبأ شيئا ما في مكان سري‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮מחבוא, מטמון‬
v. tr. - ‮החביא, הטמין‬

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