Cache vs. Ram

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

Ramnoun

A male sheep.

Ramnoun

A battering ram; a heavy object used for breaking through doors.

Ramnoun

A warship intended to sink other ships by ramming them.

Ramnoun

A piston powered by hydraulic pressure.

Ramnoun

A weight which strikes a blow, in a ramming device such as a pile driver, a steam hammer, a stamp mill.

Ramverb

(transitive) To intentionally collide with (a ship) with the intention of damaging or sinking it.

Ramverb

(transitive) To strike (something) hard, especially with an implement.

Ramverb

(transitive) To fill or compact by pounding or driving.

Ramverb

(slang) To penetrate sexually.

Ramnoun

The male of the sheep and allied animals. In some parts of England a ram is called a tup.

Ramnoun

Aries, the sign of the zodiac which the sun enters about the 21st of March.

Ramnoun

An engine of war used for butting or battering.

Ramnoun

A hydraulic ram. See under Hydraulic.

Ramnoun

The weight which strikes the blow, in a pile driver, steam hammer, stamp mill, or the like.

Ramnoun

The plunger of a hydraulic press.

Ramverb

To butt or strike against; to drive a ram against or through; to thrust or drive with violence; to force in; to drive together; to cram; as, to ram an enemy's vessel; to ram piles, cartridges, etc.

Ramverb

To fill or compact by pounding or driving.

Ramnoun

the most common computer memory which can be used by programs to perform necessary tasks while the computer is on; an integrated circuit memory chip allows information to be stored or accessed in any order and all storage locations are equally accessible

Ramnoun

(astrology) a person who is born while the sun is in Aries

Ramnoun

the first sign of the zodiac which the sun enters at the vernal equinox; the sun is in this sign from about March 21 to April 19

Ramnoun

a tool for driving or forcing something by impact

Ramnoun

uncastrated adult male sheep;

Ramverb

strike or drive against with a heavy impact;

Ramverb

force into or from an action or state, either physically or metaphorically;

Ramverb

undergo damage or destruction on impact;

Ramverb

crowd or pack to capacity;

Ramnoun

an uncastrated male sheep.

Ramnoun

the zodiacal sign or constellation Aries.

Ramnoun

a battering ram.

Ramnoun

a beak or other projecting part of the bow of a warship, for piercing the sides of other ships.

Ramnoun

the falling weight of a piledriving machine.

Ramnoun

a hydraulic water-raising or lifting machine.

Ramnoun

the piston of a hydrostatic press.

Ramnoun

the plunger of a force pump.

Ramverb

roughly force (something) into place

Ramverb

(of a vehicle or vessel) be driven violently into (another vehicle or vessel) in an attempt to stop or damage it

Ramverb

crash violently against something

Ramverb

beat (earth) with a heavy implement to make it hard and firm

Ramverb

(of a place) be very crowded