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cache

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a memory mechanism used by a computer to accelerate access to information.

cache

[kash]

(in computer technology) a fast storage buffer in the central processing unit or hard drive used to increase the amount and speed of data processing. Also called cache memory.

cache

A storage area on a PC’s hard drive where the browser temporarily stores web pages and/or graphic elements.

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It has 8 kilobytes of memory, called primary memory cache, built right into the chip.

The P5 will have two internal memory caches, one for instructions and one for data.

The PC: the next generation FEA workstation

Combining tape and disk is popular, with major tape vendors offering storage products mixing tape and disk arrays (virtual and/or physical), and large front-end memory caches.