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Cache vs Debug - What's the difference?

cache | debug |

As verbs the difference between cache and debug

is that cache is while debug is (computer science) to search for and eliminate malfunctioning elements or errors in something, especially a computer program or machinery.

As an adjective cache

is hidden.

cache

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • A store of things that may be required in the future, which can be retrieved rapidly, protected or hidden in some way.
  • Members of the 29-man Discovery team laid down food caches''' to allow the polar team to travel light, hopping from food '''cache''' to food '''cache on their return journey.
  • (computing) A fast temporary storage where recently or frequently used information is stored to avoid having to reload it from a slower storage medium.
  • (geocaching) A container containing treasure in a global treasure-hunt game.
  • References

    * JP 1-02 Department of Defense Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms

    Verb

    (cach)
  • To place in a cache.
  • (Marijuana smoking) For the herb in a bowl to be entirely burnt to ashes and therefore having become empty, gone, or useless for further smoking
  • debug

    English

    (debugging)

    Verb

    (debugg)
  • (computer science) To search for and eliminate malfunctioning elements or errors in something, especially a computer program or machinery.
  • (electronics) To remove a hidden electronic surveillance device from (somewhere).
  • (US) To remove insects from (somewhere).
  • Synonyms

    * diagnose * troubleshoot

    Derived terms

    * debugger

    Anagrams

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