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prefetch

verb

Etymology

From pre- + fetch.

  1. derived from *ped-✻ — “to step, walk; to fall, stumble”
  2. inherited from *fatōną✻
  3. inherited from feċċan
  4. inherited from fecchen — “to get and bring back, fetch; to come for, get and take away; to steal; to carry away to kill; to search for; to obtain, procure”
  5. prefixed as prefetch — “pre + fetch”

Definitions

  1. To load data or instructions in anticipation of their need

  2. The operation of loading data or instructions in anticipation of their need.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for prefetch. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA