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  2. Cache (computing) - Wikipedia

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    Diagram of a CPU memory cache operation. In computing, a cache (/ k æ ʃ / ⓘ KASH) [1] is a hardware or software component that stores data so that future requests for that data can be served faster; the data stored in a cache might be the result of an earlier computation or a copy of data stored elsewhere.

  3. Australian English - Wikipedia

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    Throughout the majority of the country, the "flat" /æ/ of man is the dominant pronunciation for the a vowel in the following words: dance, advance, plant, example and answer. The exception is the state of South Australia , where a more advanced trap-bath split is found, and where the dominant pronunciation of all the preceding words ...

  4. Cache - Wikipedia

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    Cache (computing), a technique used in computer storage for easier data access; Cache (biology) or hoarding, a food storing behavior of animals; Cache (archaeology), artifacts purposely buried in the ground; InterSystems Caché, a database management system from InterSystems

  5. Geocaching - Wikipedia

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    Event: An event cache is a gathering of local geocachers or geocaching organizations. The event cache page specifies a time for the event and provides coordinates to its location. [33] Event caches have to be longer than 30 minutes, and can publish no less than 14 days away from the planned event date. Event caches typically last from 1 to 2 hours.

  6. CPU cache - Wikipedia

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    A CPU cache is a hardware cache used by the central processing unit (CPU) of a computer to reduce the average cost (time or energy) to access data from the main memory. [1] A cache is a smaller, faster memory, located closer to a processor core, which stores copies of the data from frequently used main memory locations.

  7. Web cache - Wikipedia

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    A forward cache is a cache outside the web server's network, e.g. in the client's web browser, in an ISP, or within a corporate network. [3] A network-aware forward cache only caches heavily accessed items. [4] A proxy server sitting between the client and web server can evaluate HTTP headers and choose whether to store web content.

  8. Trie - Wikipedia

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    The idea of a trie for representing a set of strings was first abstractly described by Axel Thue in 1912. [2] [3] Tries were first described in a computer context by René de la Briandais in 1959.

  9. Memcached - Wikipedia

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    Memcached (pronounced variously /mɛmkæʃˈdiː/ mem-cash-dee or /ˈmɛmkæʃt/ mem-cashed) is a general-purpose distributed memory-caching system. It is often used to speed up dynamic database-driven websites by caching data and objects in RAM to reduce the number of times an external data source (such as a database or API) must be read.