Caching Strategy

Definitions

1. The selected combination of cache locations, invalidation rules, TTLs, warming behavior, and fallbacks used to meet performance and consistency goals. Caching strategy is broader than a single cache implementation because it has to coordinate browser caches, edge caches, and server-side caches together when needed.

   In plain English: The overall approach a system uses to apply caching effectively.

   Example: "Their caching strategy treated images, API responses, and per-user state differently because each one had a very different freshness requirement."

Related Terms

• Microservices
• Monolith
• Cache Invalidation
• Fitness Function
• Cache Layer
• Cache Strategy
• Caching Layer
• Caching Pattern