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An act or instance of bringing data or instructions into a higher-speed storage or memory before it is actually processed

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  • For example: using Firefox, search Google for CNN; view source; search for the keyword "prefetch".
  • "prefetch" files so that they are already local whenever you need them.
  • The caching is smart because your RSS subscriptions tell the player what content to prefetch.
  • Windows handles your prefetch folder for you, and clearing it out has an adverse effect on your system's performance.
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