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cache miss

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cache miss definition

storage
A request to read from memory which cannot be satisfied from the cache, for which the main memory has to be consulted.
Opposite: cache hit.
(1997-01-21)

The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing, © Denis Howe 2010 http://foldoc.org
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