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A browser's cache is just some of its memory that's devoted to remembering what a page used to look like. Using cache, browsers can open pages they've seen before more quickly. If anything goes wrong in the cache, or if the page has changed since your browser last saw it, it can affect how the page displays.
Sometimes that can be a bit disconcerting. For instance if you've logged on to the U3A website because you've been told the details of next month's bus trip have been posted there, and if you can't find it, it means one of two things. Either the webmaster has been lazy or you're looking at an old page stored in your cache. The solution? Press F5. That will clear your cache and allow you to see the latest on-line information.
And just in case you were wondering, cookies are tiny files stored by your browser that remember your personal settings. When you go to a site you've been to before, the cookies remind the site how you like the info on it to be displayed. They remember, for instance, your SafeSearch settings, and what view you like in Google Maps. Sometimes they break and make pages look weird. And the wonderful thing about these cookies is that they have no kilojoules...