buffer

noun

(computing) A portion of memory set aside to temporarily store data, often before it is sent to an external device or as it is received from an external device.

(telecommunications) A routine or storage medium used to compensate for a difference in rate of flow of data, or time of occurrence of events, when transferring data from one device to another.

Anything used to isolate or minimize the effect of one thing on another.

(mechanics) Anything used to maintain slack or isolate different objects.

(rail transport) A device on trains and carriages designed to cushion the impact between them.

(rail transport) The barrier placed at the end of the track to absorb the impact of a train that fails to stop.

(chemistry) A solution used to stabilize the pH (acidity) of a liquid, such as by resisting a change in pH when an acid or alkali is added.

An isolating circuit, often an amplifier, used to minimize the influence of a driven circuit on the driving circuit.

(finance) A reserve of funds set aside for use only when adverse circumstances prevail.

(politics, international relations) A buffer zone (such as a demilitarized zone) or a buffer state.

(figurative) A gap that isolates or separates two things.

(colloquial) A good-humoured, slow-witted fellow, usually an elderly man.

Someone or something that buffs (polishes and makes shiny).

A machine with rotary brushes, passed over a hard floor to clean it.

A machine for polishing shoes and boots.

(UK, nautical, slang) The chief boatswain's mate.

A surname

(UK, slang, dated) A dog.

(slang, archaic, Ireland) A boxer.

verb

To use a buffer or buffers; to isolate or minimize the effects of one thing on another.

(transitive or intransitive, computing) To store (data) in memory temporarily while it is awaiting processing.

(video games) To queue up (an input) so that it is performed immediately once it is possible.

(chemistry) To maintain the acidity of a solution near a chosen value by adding an acid or a base.

Synonyms for buffer

polishern cushionn fendern

Words related to buffer

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