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A collection of items of the same type stored in a hidden or inaccessible place

A small, usually flat and crisp cake made from sweetened dough.

Store away in hiding or for future use

(Slang) A person, usually of a specified kind

An amount of goods or valuables, especially when kept in a concealed or hard-to-reach place

(Computers) A collection of information, usually including a username and the current date and time, stored on the local computer of a person using the World Wide Web, used chiefly by websites to identify users who have previously registered or visited the site.

The concealed or hard-to-reach place used for storing a cache.

Variant of cookie.

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

Plural of cookie

To hide or store in a cache. ]

(dated) cooky

A store of things that may be required in the future, which can be retrieved rapidly, protected or hidden in some way.

(computing) A fast temporary storage where recently or frequently used information is stored to avoid having to reload it from a slower storage medium.

(geocaching) A container containing treasure in a global treasure-hunt game.

(transitive) To place in a cache.

To store data in a cache.

A hole in the ground, or other hiding place, for concealing and preserving provisions which it is inconvenient to carry.

That which is hidden in a cache{2}; a hoard; a stockpile.

A form of memory in a computer which has a faster access time than most of main memory, and is usually used to store the most frequently accessed data in main memory during execution of a program.

To store in a cache{1}.

A hidden storage space (for money or provisions or weapons)

A secret store of valuables or money

(computer science) RAM memory that is set aside as a specialized buffer storage that is continually updated; used to optimize data transfers between system elements with different characteristics

Save up as for future use