Eviction Glossary

Browse 2 eviction terms defined in plain English, from the cultural dictionary of computing.

2 Eviction Terms

Cache Eviction: The removal of entries from a cache when space is needed or when policies such as LRU, LFU, TTL, or invalidation rules decide the data should no longer be...
LRU: Least Recently Used — a cache eviction policy that discards the entry that has gone the longest without being accessed. Typically implemented with a hash map...