- Main Entry:
- 1cache

- Pronunciation:
-
\ˈkash\
- Function:
- noun
- Etymology:
- French, from cacher to press, hide, from Vulgar Latin *coacticare to press together, from Latin coactare to compel, frequentative of cogere to compel — more at cogent
- Date:
- 1797
1 a: a hiding place especially for concealing and preserving provisions or implements b: a secure place of storage2: something hidden or stored in a cache3: a computer memory with very short access time used for storage of frequently or recently used instructions or data —called also cache memory