Definition, synonyms and related words
simple past tense and past participle of cache
"The developer noticed that the application was loading much faster because the images were cached from the previous visit."
In plain English: To cache something means to save it temporarily on your device so you can access it faster later.
"The computer cached the file so it would load faster next time."
Usage: Use "cached" to describe data that has been temporarily stored on a computer or device for faster access later. It functions as both the simple past tense and the past participle of the verb "cache."
Derived from the French verb cacher, meaning to hide, it entered English in the 17th century with the sense of storing something away for later use. In computing, this original meaning evolved to describe data temporarily stored on a disk or memory device for faster access.