CACHE
What does "CACHE" mean?
A hidden store of things, or a fast temporary memory that holds data for quick reuse.
Meanings
- A hidden collection of supplies, valuables, or weapons stored for later use. Police uncovered a cache of stolen art behind a false wall.
- A high-speed memory that stores frequently used data so a computer can fetch it faster. Clearing the browser cache fixed the loading glitch. technical
- To store something in a cache or hidden place. The app caches your last search to load it instantly.
Did you know?
- The programmer's maxim 'there are only two hard things in computer science: cache invalidation and naming things' is credited to Netscape engineer Phil Karlton - and cache invalidation, knowing when stored data has gone stale, genuinely is one of the field's classic headaches.
Word origin
From French 'cache' (a hiding place), from the verb 'cacher' (to hide), from Latin 'coactare' (to press together). Note: pronounced 'cash', not 'ka-shay'.
Remember it
CACHE is pronounced exactly like 'cash' - a hidden stash of value you can grab fast.
A little poem
What you hid to keep-
found again, but already
older than you thought.
haiku
Wordplay
- I told a programmer to keep his cache somewhere safe. He misheard and is now strangely wealthy.
What it teaches
Stored answers save time until the world changes; the hard part is knowing when your cache has gone stale.
Quick facts
What does CACHE mean?
A hidden store of things, or a fast temporary memory that holds data for quick reuse.
Is CACHE a valid word?
Yes — CACHE is one of the answer words in Wordul, the daily word game.
How many letters is CACHE?
CACHE has 5 letters and 1 syllable.
Where does CACHE come from?
From French 'cache' (a hiding place), from the verb 'cacher' (to hide), from Latin 'coactare' (to press together). Note: pronounced 'cash', not 'ka-shay'.
What can CACHE teach us?
Stored answers save time until the world changes; the hard part is knowing when your cache has gone stale.
How players do
Be the first to solve it.