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Disk cache
 
  Disk cache may refer to:
  • Disk buffer
    Disk buffer

    In computer storage, disk buffer is the embedded memory in a hard drive acting as a buffer between the computer and the physical hard disk platter that is used for storage....
    , the small amount of buffer memory present on a hard drive.
  • Page cache
    Page cache

    In computing, page cache, sometimes ambiguously called disk cache, is a "transparent" buffer of disk-backed pages kept in main memory by the operating system for quicker access....
    , the cache of disk pages kept by the operating systems, stored in unused main memory.
  • General application-level caching
    Cache

    In computer science, a cache is a collection of data duplicating original values stored elsewhere or computed earlier, where the original data is expensive to fetch or to compute, compared to the cost of reading the cache....
     of data stored on the disk.
  • ReadyBoost
    ReadyBoost

    ReadyBoost is a component of Microsoft's Windows Vista operating system. It works by using flash memory, USB flash drive, Secure Digital card, CompactFlash or any kind of portable flash mass storage system as a drive for disk cache....
    , a non-volatile disk cache stored on a flash memory device, in Windows Vista.