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Uncommon card · Science
Cache, an Uncommon card
In computing, a cache is a hardware or software component that stores data so that future requests for that data can be served faster, the data stored in a cache might be the result of an earlier computation or a copy of data stored elsewhere.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- Science
- ATK
- 71
- DEF
- 45
- Power
- 116
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 120,000
Power 116 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 65 % of WikiCards cards.
Cache quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Cache card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
To be cost-effective, ______ must be relatively small.
Answer
caches. To be cost-effective, caches must be relatively small. From the Cache article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Cache. Cache 71 · Data 68 · Aqua regia 64 · Bellis perennis 59 ATK in WikiCards.
Which of these Wikipedia articles is read the most in a year?
Answer
Data. Data 240,000 · Aqua regia 190,000 · Cache 120,000 · Numerical integration 59,000 Wikipedia reads over a year.
In a duel, each round asks a question like these about the opposing card, with 15 seconds to answer.
The facts on the card
The card carries these facts from its Wikipedia article.
- A cache hit occurs when the requested data can be found in a cache, while a cache miss occurs when it cannot.
- Cache hits are served by reading data from the cache, which is faster than recomputing a result or reading from a slower data store, thus, the more requests that can be served from the cache, the faster the system performs.
- To be cost-effective, caches must be relatively small.
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Cache article was read about 120,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 71 and blocks with 45: each hit it takes is cut by 18 %.
How to get Cache
Open packs. Each pack holds five cards drawn from real Wikipedia articles, the rarest last, and the fifth card is always Rare or better. The odds are shown in the game. A free pack arrives every hour and two can wait, and the Coins you win in duels buy more packs.
More Science cards
Cards close in power
The cards just above and just below Cache in the power ranking, all domains together.
- Bellis perennisUncommon · Nature · ATK 59 DEF 57
- BingoUncommon · Society · ATK 65 DEF 51
- Asian conical hatUncommon · Society · ATK 61 DEF 55
- Is–ought problemUncommon · Science · ATK 69 DEF 47
- Lurleen WallaceUncommon · History · ATK 66 DEF 50
- Oil paintingUncommon · Arts · ATK 69 DEF 47
Card lists
- Wikipedia quizNew questions every day
- All cards from A to ZEvery card, by name
- Science cards
- Legendary cards
- Tier listS and A tiers by power (ATK + DEF)
Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Cache (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Traced by Stannered, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons.
