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Disk cache

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Disk cache may refer to:

  • Disk buffer, the small amount of RAM embedded on a hard disk drive, used to store the data going to and coming from the disk platters
  • Page cache, the cache of data residing on a storage device, kept by the operating systems and stored in unused main memory
  • General application-level caching of the data residing on a storage device