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You are tasked with implementing a cache mechanism for an API service. Describe how you would use a Least Recently Used (LRU) cache. What data structures would you use to implement this efficiently and why?
Utilize a combination of a doubly linked list and a hash map to ensure O(1) access and updates. The linked list maintains the order of access while the hash map provides quick lookups.
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