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Synonyms
cache (kăsh)

[French, from cacher, to hide, from Old French, to press, hide, from Vulgar Latin* coācticāre, to store, pack together, frequentative of Latin coāctāre, to constrain, from coāctus past participle of cōgere, to force; see cogent.]

noun 

    1. A hiding place used especially for storing provisions.
    2. A place for concealment and safekeeping, as of valuables.
    3. A store of goods or valuables concealed in a hiding place: maintained a cache of food in case of emergencies.
  2. Computer Science A fast storage buffer in the central processing unit of a computer. Also called cache memory

transitive verb: cached, cach·ing, cach·es. 

To hide or store in a cache. See synonyms at hide1