MEMORY CACHE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does memory cache mean? 

• MEMORY CACHE (noun)
  The noun MEMORY CACHE has 1 sense:

1. (computer science) RAM memory that is set aside as a specialized buffer storage that is continually updated; used to optimize data transfers between system elements with different characteristics

  Familiarity information: MEMORY CACHE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• MEMORY CACHE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

(computer science) RAM memory that is set aside as a specialized buffer storage that is continually updated; used to optimize data transfers between system elements with different characteristics

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

cache; memory cache

Hypernyms ("memory cache" is a kind of...):

buffer; buffer storage; buffer store ((computer science) a part of RAM used for temporary storage of data that is waiting to be sent to a device; used to compensate for differences in the rate of flow of data between components of a computer system)

Domain category:

computer science; computing (the branch of engineering science that studies (with the aid of computers) computable processes and structures)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "memory cache"):

disk cache (a cache that stores copies of frequently used disk sectors in random access memory (RAM) so they can be read without accessing the slower disk)