Geocache / Geo·cache (geokăsh) / Pronounced "Geo-Cash" (See also Cache)

In geocaching it is a hidden container filled with a log book and pencil/pen, and possibly prizes. Caches were often used by explorers, miners, etc. to hide foodstuffs and other items for emergency purposes. People still hide caches of supplies today for similar reasons.

Geocaching comes from the terms "geo" and "cache" to explain the sport.

Geocacher (See also Cacher)

A person who takes part in the sport of Geocaching.

Geocaching / Geo·cach·ing (geokăshing) / Pronounced "Geo-Cashing"

Geocaching is an outdoor treasure-hunting game in which the participants use a Global Positioning System (GPS) receiver or other navigational techniques to hide and seek containers (called "geocaches" or "caches") anywhere in the world.

A typical cache is a small waterproof container containing a logbook and "treasure," usually toys or trinkets of little value. Today, well over 480,000 geocaches are registered on various websites devoted to the sport. Geocaches are currently placed in over 100 countries around the world and on all seven continents, including Antarctica.

In the United States Geocaching.com is the number one website on the sport (and where most people play).

A non-geocacher. Based on "Muggle" from the Harry Potter series, which is a nonmagical person. Usually this term is used after a non-geocacher looks puzzled at a geocacher making circles with their GPS receiver, or when a non-geocacher accidentally finds a cache. Geomuggles are mostly harmless.

GPS (Global Positioning System)

GPS is a system of satellites that work with a GPS receiver to determine your location on the planet.

Geocaching uses GPS to help hide and seek caches on the planet.

GPSr (GPS Receiver)

This is a slang term for a "GPS receiver". Equipment to receive GPS signals for use in navigation.

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