A high-performance, distributed memory object caching system
memcached is a high-performance, distributed memory object caching system, generic in nature, but intended for use in speeding up dynamic web applications by alleviating database load.
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Install memcached-devel if you are developing C/C++ applications that require access to the memcached binary include files.