cache

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Pronunciation 1.2 Noun 1.2.1 Related terms 1.2.2 Translations 1.2.3 References 1.3 Verb 1.3.1 Translations 2 French 2.1 Noun 1 2.1.1 Derived terms 2.2 Noun 2 2.3 Verb 2.3.1 Derived terms

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[edit] Pronunciation

• enPR: kăsh, IPA: /kæʃ/
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• Rhymes: -æʃ
• Homophones: cash

[edit] Noun

cache (plural caches)

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.

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

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• concealment
• evader
• evasion
• evasion and recovery
• recovery
• recovery operations

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[edit] References

• JP 1-02 Department of Defense Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms

[edit] Verb

to cache (third-person singular simple present caches, present participle caching, simple past and past participle cached)

1. To place in a cache.

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cache f. (plural caches)

1. hiding place

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• cachette

[edit] Noun 2

cache m. (plural caches)

1. cover, mask

[edit] Verb

cache

1. First and third person singular of cacher

   je cache

   il/elle/on cache

[edit] Derived terms

See cacher