Prefetch

Definitions

1. To speculatively load data, assets, or DNS resolutions before they are explicitly needed, anticipating that the user or program will request them soon. In browsers, link rel="prefetch" hints fetch low-priority resources during idle time; in CPUs, prefetch instructions pull cache lines from main memory ahead of access.

   In plain English: Loading something in advance — before anyone asks for it — so it's ready immediately when needed.

   Example: "We prefetch the next page's data on hover so navigation feels instant."

Related Terms

• CDN
• lazy loading
• Cache
• Profile
• Vectorization
• Hot Path
• Memoization
• Stale-While-Revalidate
• ETag
• Cache Stampede
• KV Store
• Local Cache
• Lookup Table
• Profiler
• Time to First Byte Culture
• StormForge
• Application Cache
• Cache Key
• Code Performance