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A [[distributed cache]]<ref>{{cite journal|last1=Paul|first1=S.|last2=Fei|first2=Z.|date=1 February 2001|title=Distributed caching with centralized control|journal=Computer Communications|volume=24|issue=2|pages=256–268|citeseerx=10.1.1.38.1094|doi=10.1016/S0140-3664(00)00322-4}}<!--|access-date=18 November 2009--></ref> uses networked hosts to provide scalability, reliability and performance to the application.<ref>{{cite journal|last=Khan|first=Iqbal|title=Distributed Caching on the Path To Scalability|url=https://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/dd942840.aspx|journal=MSDN|volume=24|issue=7|date=July 2009}}</ref> The hosts can be co-located or spread over different geographical regions.

[[Operating system kernel]] also manages a portion of [[main memory]] as the cache / buffer for slower devices such as [[sound card]]s and [[network interface controller]]s.<ref>https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-hardware/drivers/netcx/network-data-buffer-management</ref><ref>https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/previous-versions/windows/desktop/ee416820%28v=vs.85%29</ref>

=={{anchor|The difference between buffer and cache}}<!--Former section name used in external links-->Buffer vs. cache==