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Preload vs Prefetch - What's the difference?

preload | prefetch |

As verbs the difference between preload and prefetch

is that preload is to load in advance (used especially in reference to software installed on a computer prior to sale) while prefetch is (computing) to load data or instructions in anticipation of their need.

As nouns the difference between preload and prefetch

is that preload is the end diastolic pressure that stretches the right or left ventricle of the heart to its greatest geometric dimensions under variable physiologic demand while prefetch is the operation of loading data or instructions in anticipation of their need.

preload

English

Verb

(en verb)
  • To load in advance (used especially in reference to software installed on a computer prior to sale).
  • My computer came preloaded with wordprocessor software.
  • (intransitive, British, slang) To drink cheap alcohol at home before going out socially.
  • That nightclub is so expensive. Let's preload at your flat.

    Synonyms

    * (to load in advance) foreload

    Noun

  • The end diastolic pressure that stretches the right or left ventricle of the heart to its greatest geometric dimensions under variable physiologic demand.
  • Anagrams

    *

    prefetch

    English

    Verb

  • (computing) To load data or instructions in anticipation of their need
  • Derived terms

    * prefetcher

    See also

    * cache

    Noun

    (es)
  • The operation of loading data or instructions in anticipation of their need.