Is there a particular word that represents an individual item within a cache, particularly from a programming perspective?
Is item the best choice in this particular context? Or do you generally need to know the type of objects within a cache (i.e. [object] cache) to refer to them any other way? For example:
Weapon cache – contains individual weapons.
Entity cache – contains individual entities.
Best Answer
Not really - you already have two conflicting answers, and I would have said Entry myself.
A cache is just a container, and doesn't say much about what you put inside. Would you expect a common term for things in a bag?
If you have to refer to the items stored in the cache without describing (or repeating) their type, pick one of entry, value, item or similar, and just stick with it. It'll be clear enough.