read-through

See also: readthrough

English

Etymology

Deverbal from read through.

Adjective

read-through (not comparable)

1. (computing) A cache that will fetch information from the original source when asked for information that is not yet cached.

   A read-through cache presents a simple abstraction to the calling code, which no longer has to handle the case where the information is available but not cached.

Noun

read-through (plural read-throughs)

1. Alternative spelling of readthrough

See also

• write-through