cache stampede

English

Noun

cache stampede (plural cache stampedes)

  1. (computing) A cascading failure that may occur when massively parallel systems with caching mechanisms come under very high load, leading to multiple threads of execution attempting to perform the same operation simultaneously.
    Synonym: dogpile
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