From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishcachecache1 /kæʃ/ noun [countable] 1 KEEP/STOREa number of things that have been hidden, especially weapons, or the place where they have been hiddencache of a cache of explosives a large arms cache2 technical a special part of a computer’s memory that helps it work faster by storing information for a short time cache memory
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cache• Police have found a cache of automatic weapons in a house in the city centre.• Also in Belfast, police arrested a man after an arms cache was found in the Protestant Donegall Pass district.• The drug cache that the men were found in possession of was worth roughly $1 million.• We've further enhanced speed by adding 32K of CompuAdd engineered cache memory.• Q: A friend told me that if I buy a computer, I should make sure it has 256K of cache.• But high-speed cache memory is expensive.• In figure 2.5 the cache type is Package Name.• At least 42 people were arrested in connection with the caches, said Gen.• The caches and paramilitaries were maintained for many years, well after the danger of a surprise Soviet attack faded.arms cache• Arms caches were found and on May 30 five army battalions were deployed; eight people including three soldiers were reported killed.• Also in Belfast, police arrested a man after an arms cache was found in the Protestant Donegall Pass district.• Further speculation was fuelled recently by the discovery of a huge arms cache in Batman.• We figure they will head right for that arms cache.cachecache2 verb [transitive] 1 KEEP/STOREto hide something in a secret place, especially weapons2 technical to store information in a computer’s memory for a short time→ See Verb tableExamples from the Corpus
cache• The stolen dynamite was discovered Sunday in two caches.• I wonder: does the squirrel remember where it has cached all of these apples?• Then on Sunday, investigators seized 500 pounds of stolen dynamite cached at a Vallejo house.• Proxy settings Most Access Providers have a server that caches copies of popular Web sites.• Allow each page you want to read to load fully and it will cache for reading Offline later.• Then he cached it under a rock.From Longman Business Dictionarycachecache1 /kæʃ/ noun [countable usually singular] COMPUTING part of a computer’s memorycachecache2 verb [transitive] COMPUTING to put something in a cache→ See Verb tableOrigin cache1 (1700-1800) French cacher “to press, hide”, from Vulgar Latin coacticare “to press together” 