cache Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a hidden storage space (for money or provisions or weapons)
  2. noun a secret store of valuables or money
    hoard; stash.
  3. noun (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
    memory cache.
  4. verb save up as for future use
    squirrel away; stash; lay away; hive up; hoard.

WordNet

Cache noun
Etymology
F., a hiding place, fr. cacher to conceal, to hide.
Definitions
  1. A hole in the ground, or hiding place, for concealing and preserving provisions which it is inconvenient to carry. Kane.

Webster 1913