Disk cache
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Disk cache may refer to:
- Disk bufferDisk bufferIn computer storage, disk buffer is the embedded memory in a hard drive acting as a buffer between the rest of 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 cachePage cacheIn 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. Page cache is typically implemented in kernels with the paging memory management, and is completely transparent to...
, the cache of disk pages kept by the operating systems, stored in unused main memory. - General application-level cachingCacheIn computer engineering, a cache is a component that transparently stores data so that future requests for that data can be served faster. The data that is stored within a cache might be values that have been computed earlier or duplicates of original values that are stored elsewhere...
of data stored on the disk. - ReadyBoostReadyBoostReadyBoost is a disk cache component of Microsoft Windows, first introduced with Microsoft's Windows Vista in 2006 and bundled with Windows 7 in 2009...
, a non-volatile disk cache stored on a flash memory device, in Windows Vista and Windows 7.