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cache miss

A failure to find the required instruction or data in the cache. In such a case, the item is read from main memory. Contrast with cache hit. See cache.

(storage)

cache miss - A request to read from memory which cannot be satisfied from the cache, for which the main memory has to be consulted.

Opposite: cache hit.

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