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cache
1. To store data temporarily for expedited access.
2. The location in which data is stored temporarily for expedited access.
There are a variety of cache types. Read cache holds data in anticipation that it will be requested. Write cache holds data written by a client until it can be stored on other (typically slower) storage media such as disk or tape. See buffer, disk cache, write back cache, write through cache.
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