Cache vs. Cookie

Cachenoun

A store of things that may be required in the future, which can be retrieved rapidly, protected or hidden in some way.

Cachenoun

(computing) A fast temporary storage where recently or frequently used information is stored to avoid having to reload it from a slower storage medium.

Cachenoun

(geocaching) A container containing treasure in a global treasure-hunt game.

Cacheverb

To place in a cache.

Cachenoun

A hole in the ground, or other hiding place, for concealing and preserving provisions which it is inconvenient to carry.

Cachenoun

That which is hidden in a cache{2}; a hoard; a stockpile.

Cachenoun

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.

Cacheverb

To store in a cache{1}.

Cachenoun

a hidden storage space (for money or provisions or weapons)

Cachenoun

a secret store of valuables or money

Cachenoun

(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

Cacheverb

save up as for future use

Cachenoun

a collection of items of the same type stored in a hidden or inaccessible place

Cachenoun

a hidden or inaccessible storage place for valuables, provisions, or ammunition

Cachenoun

an auxiliary memory from which high-speed retrieval is possible

Cacheverb

store away in hiding or for future use

Cacheverb

store (data) in a cache memory

Cacheverb

provide (hardware) with a cache memory

Cookienoun

(North America) a small, flat, baked good which is either crisp or soft but firm

Cookienoun

(UK) a sweet baked good (as in the previous sense) which (usually) has chocolate chips, fruit, nuts, etc. baked into it

Cookienoun

(Scotland) a bun

Cookienoun

an HTTP cookie, web cookie

Cookienoun

(computing) a magic cookie

Cookienoun

a young, attractive woman

Cookienoun

the female genitalia

Cookienoun

Affectionate name for a cook.

Cookienoun

(slang) a cucoloris

Cookieverb

To send a cookie to (a user, computer, etc.).

Cookienoun

any of various small flat sweet cakes (`biscuit' is the British term)

Cookienoun

the cook on a ranch or at a camp

Cookienoun

a short line of text that a web site puts on your computer's hard drive when you access the web site

Cookienoun

a sweet biscuit.

Cookienoun

a person of a specified kind

Cookienoun

a plain bun.

Cookienoun

a packet of data sent by an Internet server to a browser, which is returned by the browser each time it subsequently accesses the same server, used to identify the user or track their access to the server.

Cookie

A cookie is a baked or cooked food that is typically small, flat and sweet. It usually contains flour, sugar, egg, and some type of oil, fat, or butter.