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It takes a long time, in computer time, for the CPU to retrieve stuff out of RAM while running a program. So to speed things up cache was built. Cache holds a small part of the program you are working with and it is easy and fast for the CPU to retrieve it from cache. Cache is memory and it holds data for the CPU.

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What is a cache outside the processor called?

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What is on chip memory?

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What is the name of the memory that sits between the processor and the primary memory?

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