cached

Variant of cache

cache definition

cache (kas̸h)

noun

  1. a place in which stores of food, supplies, etc. are hidden, as by explorers or trappers
  2. a safe place for hiding or storing things
  3. anything stored or hidden in such a place

Etymology: Fr < cacher, conceal < VL *coacticare, store up, collect, compress < L coactare, constrain < coactus, pp. of cogere, to collect: see cogent

transitive verb cached, caching cach′·ing

to hide or store in a cache

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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