Title: Locality of Reference Author: Manish Bhatt email: mbhatt@phoenix.calpoly.edu Postal: 721 Johnson Ave. #17, San Luis Obispo, CA 93401 Phone: 805/544-6833 (home, message), 805/783-0400 ext. 2288 (work) Abstract: The principle of Locality of Reference allows an application to improve efficiency by caching more frequently used data. This pattern describes the components and interactions required to take advantage of locality of reference. It also outlines which policies must be decided upon for populating and maintaining the cache, invalidating entries in the cache, and what to do when the cache is full. Subject: Optimization Keywords: Caching, Locality of Reference, Efficiency