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Once the cache is there, the main data flow package which performs your general ETL logic is executed.

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  1. noun A hiding place used especially for storing provisions.
  2. noun A place for concealment and safekeeping, as of valuables.
  3. noun A store of goods or valuables concealed in a hiding place: maintained a cache of food in case of emergencies.
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  • This cache is a portion of the disk (or memory) in which elements from often-visited Web pages are stored (such as buttons, headers, and common graphics). —  Maximum Security -- Ch 6 -- A Brief Primer on TCP/IP
  • Residents reported that some civilians died when buildings collapsed as the cache was destroyed, said Abdul Khaliq Hussiani, a lawmaker representing Laghman. —  StarTribune.com rss feed
  • Local residents reported that some civilians died when buildings collapsed as the cache was destroyed, said Abdul Khaliq Hussiani, a parliamentarian representing Laghman. —  KDKA - Pittsburgh's Source for Breaking News, Weather and Sports
  • Additionally the cache will be available to the Virginia Emergency Operations Center and will be available for for deployment to other regions in Virginia or other parts of the nation. —  News for WSLS 10
  • You need to clear what is called the cache, as it is bringing you an old version of our site.
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  1. French, from cacher, to hide, from Old French, to press, hide, from Vulgar Latin *coācticāre, to store, pack together, frequentative of Latin coāctāre, to constrain, from coāctus, past participle of cōgere, to force; see cogent.

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  1. French, from cacher, hide, from Latin co-actare, press together, constrain, force, freq. of cogere, constrain, force: see cogent. The term was adopted into English from the speech of the Canadian voyageurs of the Hudson's Bay country.
  2. from cache, n.
 

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