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cache   (kāsh)   
n.  

    1. A hiding place used especially for storing provisions.

    2. A place for concealment and safekeeping, as of valuables.

    3. A store of goods or valuables concealed in a hiding place: maintained a cache of food in case of emergencies.

  2. Computer Science A fast storage buffer in the central processing unit of a computer. Also called cache memory.

tr.v.   cached, cach·ing, cach·es
To hide or store in a cache. See Synonyms at hide1.

[French, from cacher, to hide, from Old French, to press, hide, from Vulgar Latin *coācticāre, to store, pack together, frequentative of Latin coāctāre, to constrain, from coāctus, past participle of cōgere, to force; see cogent.]
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