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cache stampede

cache stampede noun: a cascading failure that may occur when massively parallel systems with caching mechanisms come under very high load, leading to multiple threads of execution attempting to perform the same operation simultaneously.

Noun

cache stampede (plural cache stampedes)

  1. A cascading failure that may occur when massively parallel systems with caching mechanisms come under very high load, leading to multiple threads of execution attempting to perform the same operation simultaneously.
    Synonyms:
    dogpile

Synonyms of cache stampede

Forms of cache stampede

pluralcache stampedes

Questions about cache stampede

What does cache stampede mean?
Cache stampede means a cascading failure that may occur when massively parallel systems with caching mechanisms come under very high load, leading to multiple threads of execution attempting to perform the same operation simultaneously.
What part of speech is cache stampede?
Cache stampede is a noun.
What is the plural of cache stampede?
The plural of cache stampede is cache stampedes.

Words near cache stampede in the dictionary

  1. cache busting
  2. Cache County
  3. Cache la Poudre
  4. cache language model
  5. cache language models
  6. cache stampede
  7. cache stampedes
  8. cache-oblivious
  9. cache-obliviousness
  10. cache-sexe
  11. cache-sexes

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