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Network Protocols Glossary

What is a network protocol? Protocols are the rules of the road for how data exists and moves on the network. They allow many different systems and computers to communicate.

Memcache Protocol

What is Memcache Protocol?

Memcache is a key-value store used by websites to store and retrieve information rapidly, without reloading the information. Designed to reduce database load in dynamic web applications, it can be used to save website content, images, even whole pages.


What is the purpose of Memcache

Data is stored and filed by a unique name on the memcached server, waiting to be called back by that unique name when you need it. An allocated RAM space is held by the memcached server for this purpose, making it much faster to retrieve the data from RAM than from a hard drive or disk.