read-through

Deverbal from read through.

read-through (not comparable)

1. (computing) A cache that will fetch information from the original source when asked for information that is not yet cached.

   A read-through cache presents a simple abstraction to the calling code, which no longer has to handle the case where the information is available but not cached.

read-through (plural read-throughs)

1. Alternative spelling of readthrough

• write-through