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Cached vs Cacher - What's the difference?

cached | cacher |

As a verb cached

is past tense of cache.

As an adjective cached

is having been cached.

As a noun cacher is

one who caches.

cached

English

Verb

(head)
  • (cache)

    • Adjective

    (head)
  • Having been cached.

    • 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.

    • Related terms

    * concealment * evader * evasion * evasion and recovery * recovery * recovery operations

    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

    • cacher

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • One who caches.
  • * {{quote-news, year=2009, date=March 29, author=Virginia Heffernan, title=G.P.S. Marks the Spot, work=New York Times citation
    • , passage=Of “World War II — Austin,” which turns out to lead cachers to a war memorial, a poster named Sumbirdy wrote, “We enjoy virtual caches,” and then, “Thank goodness for the oldies!”) }} ----