cache

Meanings

Noun

• A store of things that may be required in the future, which can be retrieved rapidly, protected or hidden in some way.
• A fast temporary storage where recently or frequently used information is stored to avoid having to reload it from a slower storage medium.
• A container containing treasure in a global treasure-hunt game.
• Misspelling of cachet

Verb

• To place in a cache.

Related

Narrower meaning words

• browser cache
• template cache

Origin

• From French cache (as used by French Canadian trappers to mean "hiding place for stores"), from the verb cacher.