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Static vs Cache - What's the difference?

static | cache |

As adjectives the difference between static and cache

is that static is unchanging; that cannot or does not change while cache is hidden.

As a noun static

is interference on a broadcast signal caused by atmospheric disturbances; heard as crackles on radio, or seen as random specks on television.

As a verb cache is

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static

English

Alternative forms

* statick

Adjective

(-)
  • Unchanging; that cannot or does not change.
  • Immobile; fixed in place; having no motion.
  • *
  • (programming) Occupying fixed memory, allocated when a program is loaded.
  • Synonyms

    * stable * (Having no motion) still

    Antonyms

    * (Unchanging) dynamic * (Having no motion) dynamic, kinetic, mobile * (computing) dynamic

    Derived terms

    * hydrostatic * statical * staticity

    Noun

    (-)
  • Interference on a broadcast signal caused by atmospheric disturbances; heard as crackles on radio, or seen as random specks on television.
  • (by extension) Interference or obstruction from people.
  • Something that is not part of any perceived universe phenomena; having no motion; no particle; no wavelength.
  • Static electricity.
  • Anagrams

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    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