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Refreshing cache
A refreshing cache is a resource-thin in-memory cache. It is used when memory is scarce and the values of the dictionary change from time to time.

The cache holds key-value data until it's stale (defined by a time limit). If it doesn't yet hold data, it calls another, in practice "slower" object (acting as a "computer", think of a remote service) to get that data, puts it in the cache and returns it. The cache has a maximum number of items, and when the cache is full a new value put into it means the least-recently-used key,value pair has to be descarded.

Problem statement contributed by Rick Mugridge.