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<blockquote data-quote="Zoolook" data-source="post: 282643" data-attributes="member: 21101"><p>Cache in computer terms is a temporary storage of data that is saved for quick(er) retrieval (as opposed to getting it from the primary source).</p><p></p><p>In your browser, images and markup might be stored on the HDD to save downloading them every time from an internet site whenever you refresh a page. On a CPU, cache is a small amount of exceptionally fast memory used for storing bits of code that are reused many times.</p><p></p><p>I am not sure what cache you're referring to, but generally if you delete it, the application using might have to get the data from a slower source for a short amount of time.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Zoolook, post: 282643, member: 21101"] Cache in computer terms is a temporary storage of data that is saved for quick(er) retrieval (as opposed to getting it from the primary source). In your browser, images and markup might be stored on the HDD to save downloading them every time from an internet site whenever you refresh a page. On a CPU, cache is a small amount of exceptionally fast memory used for storing bits of code that are reused many times. I am not sure what cache you're referring to, but generally if you delete it, the application using might have to get the data from a slower source for a short amount of time. [/QUOTE]
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