disk cache
Noun
Meaning
a cache that stores copies of frequently used disk sectors in random access memory (RAM) so they can be read without accessing the slower disk
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Examples
This specialized cache is called a translation lookaside buffer (TLB). citation Software caches Disk cache main While CPU caches are generally managed entirely by hardware, a variety of software manages other caches.
Disk cache stores data that has been recently read as well as adjacent blocks of data that are likely to be accessed soon.