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How does Magento handle caching, and what are the types of caches available?

How does Magento handle caching, and what are the types of caches available?

Answer: Magento handles caching to improve performance and reduce load times by storing frequently accessed data in a temporary storage area. It uses several types of caches, including:

1. Application Cache: Caches configurations, layout, and block HTML to speed up page rendering.
2. Block Cache: Stores rendered blocks of HTML.
3. Full Page Cache (FPC): Caches the entire output of a page for quicker retrieval on subsequent visits.
4. Session Cache: Stores user session data for efficient access.
5. Data Cache: Caches database query results and other data to reduce database load.
6. Configuration Cache: Caches config settings to minimize the needs for frequent reloading.

Magento supports different cache storage backends like file system, Redis, and Memcached for enhanced performance.

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