storeMultiple

StoreMultiple is a generic term used in programming to describe an operation that writes more than one value to a storage medium or in-memory data structure in a single invocation. The exact meaning varies by library or language, but the core idea is to perform a batch write, often to improve throughput and reduce per-item overhead compared with performing multiple single writes.

A storeMultiple operation typically accepts a collection of entries, such as an array of key-value pairs or a list of objects, and stores them in a target location, which may be a database, cache, file, or in-memory map. Depending on the API, the operation may be atomic (all entries succeed or fail together) or non-atomic (some may fail while others succeed). It may also return a result indicating how many items were stored or provide per-entry status.

Common contexts include database batch inserts or updates, cache client libraries that support multi-put operations, and storage backends in mobile or web applications. In databases, storeMultiple is typically implemented as a bulk insert or a transaction-enabled batch; in caches like Redis or Memcached, similar concepts exist under batch or pipeline operations.

It is a generic programming concept rather than a fixed standard, and the exact API surface and semantics depend on the language and library in use. See also batch processing, bulk operations, and multi-write patterns.