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cache 音标拼音: [k'æʃ] [kæʃ'e] n. 高速缓冲存储器
n. 隐藏所,隐藏的粮食或物资,贮藏物
vt. 隐藏,窖藏 高速缓冲存储器隐藏所,隐藏的粮食或物资,贮藏物隐藏,窖藏 cache快速记忆体; 高速缓冲记忆体 cache高速缓冲记忆体 快取 cache n 1: a hidden storage space ( for money or provisions or weapons) 2: a secret store of valuables or money [ synonym: { hoard}, { cache}, { stash}] 3: ( computer science) RAM memory that is set aside as a specialized buffer storage that is continually updated; used to optimize data transfers between system elements with different characteristics [ synonym: { cache}, { memory cache}] v 1: save up as for future use [ synonym: { hoard}, { stash}, { cache}, { lay away}, { hive up}, { squirrel away}] cache \ cache\ ( k[ a^] sh), n. [ F., a hiding place, fr. cacher to conceal, to hide.] 1. A hole in the ground, or other hiding place, for concealing and preserving provisions which it is inconvenient to carry. -- Kane. [ 1913 Webster] 2. That which is hidden in a cache[ 2]; a hoard; a stockpile. [ PJC] 3. ( Computers) A form of memory in a computer which has a faster access time than most of main memory, and is usually used to store the most frequently accessed data in main memory during execution of a program. [ PJC]
cache \ cache\ ( k[ a^] sh), v. t. To store in a cache[ 1]. [ PJC] Cachectic85 Moby Thesaurus words for " cache": asylum, backlog, bank, bolt- hole, bosom, bottle up, bundle away, bury, coffer, conceal, concealment, corner, cover, covert, coverture, cranny, cubby, cubbyhole, dark corner, den, deposit, dugout, embosom, file, file and forget, foxhole, funk hole, hide, hide away, hideaway, hideout, hidey hole, hiding, hiding place, hoard, hole, hutch, keep hidden, keep secret, lair, lay away, lay down, lay in, lay in store, lock up, lodge, nest egg, niche, nook, pack away, plant, put away, recess, refuge, reposit, repository, reserve, reserve fund, reserve supply, reserves, reservoir, resource, retreat, salt away, salt down, sanctuary, savings, seal up, secret place, secrete, sinking fund, something in reserve, squirrel away, stash, stockpile, store, store away, stow, stow away, stow down, supply, undercovert, unexpended balance, vault, warehouse /kash/ A small fast memory holding
recently accessed data, designed to speed up subsequent access
to the same data. Most often applied to processor-memory
access but also used for a local copy of data accessible over
a network etc.
When data is read from, or written to, {main memory} a copy is
also saved in the cache, along with the associated main memory
address. The cache monitors addresses of subsequent reads to
see if the required data is already in the cache. If it is (a
{cache hit}) then it is returned immediately and the main
memory read is aborted (or not started). If the data is not
cached (a {cache miss}) then it is fetched from main memory
and also saved in the cache.
The cache is built from faster memory chips than main memory
so a cache hit takes much less time to complete than a normal
memory access. The cache may be located on the same
{integrated circuit} as the {CPU}, in order to further reduce
the access time. In this case it is often known as {primary
cache} since there may be a larger, slower {secondary cache}
outside the CPU chip.
The most important characteristic of a cache is its {hit rate}
- the fraction of all memory accesses which are satisfied from
the cache. This in turn depends on the cache design but
mostly on its size relative to the main memory. The size is
limited by the cost of fast memory chips.
The hit rate also depends on the access pattern of the
particular program being run (the sequence of addresses being
read and written). Caches rely on two properties of the
access patterns of most programs: temporal locality - if
something is accessed once, it is likely to be accessed again
soon, and spatial locality - if one memory location is
accessed then nearby memory locations are also likely to be
accessed. In order to exploit spatial locality, caches often
operate on several words at a time, a "{cache line}" or "cache
block". Main memory reads and writes are whole {cache lines}.
When the processor wants to write to main memory, the data is
first written to the cache on the assumption that the
processor will probably read it again soon. Various different
policies are used. In a {write-through} cache, data is
written to main memory at the same time as it is cached. In a
{write-back} cache it is only written to main memory when it
is forced out of the cache.
If all accesses were writes then, with a write-through policy,
every write to the cache would necessitate a main memory
write, thus slowing the system down to main memory speed.
However, statistically, most accesses are reads and most of
these will be satisfied from the cache. Write-through is
simpler than write-back because an entry that is to be
replaced can just be overwritten in the cache as it will
already have been copied to main memory whereas write-back
requires the cache to initiate a main memory write of the
flushed entry followed (for a processor read) by a main memory
read. However, write-back is more efficient because an entry
may be written many times in the cache without a main memory
access.
When the cache is full and it is desired to cache another line
of data then a cache entry is selected to be written back to
main memory or "flushed". The new line is then put in its
place. Which entry is chosen to be flushed is determined by a
"{replacement algorithm}".
Some processors have separate instruction and data caches.
Both can be active at the same time, allowing an instruction
fetch to overlap with a data read or write. This separation
also avoids the possibility of bad {cache conflict} between
say the instructions in a loop and some data in an array which
is accessed by that loop.
See also {direct mapped cache}, {fully associative cache},
{sector mapping}, {set associative cache}.
(1997-06-25)
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