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buffer
1[ buhf-er ]
noun
- an apparatus at the end of a railroad car, railroad track, etc., for absorbing shock during coupling, collisions, etc.
- any device, material, or apparatus used as a shield, cushion, or bumper, especially on machinery.
- any intermediate or intervening shield or device reducing the danger of interaction between two machines, chemicals, electronic components, etc.
- a person or thing that shields and protects against annoyance, harm, hostile forces, etc., or that lessens the impact of a shock or reversal.
- any reserve moneys, negotiable securities, legal procedures, etc., that protect a person, organization, or country against financial ruin.
- Ecology. an animal population that becomes the prey of a predator that usually feeds on a different species.
- Computers. a storage device for temporarily holding data until the computer is ready to receive or process the data, as when a receiving unit has an operating speed lower than that of the unit feeding data to it.
- Electronics. a circuit with a single output activated by one or more of several inputs.
- Chemistry.
- any substance or mixture of compounds that, added to a solution, is capable of neutralizing both acids and bases without appreciably changing the original acidity or alkalinity of the solution.
- Also called buff·er so·lu·tion [buhf, -er s, uh, -loo-sh, uh, n]. a solution containing such a substance.
verb (used with object)
- Chemistry. to treat with a buffer.
- to cushion, shield, or protect.
- to lessen the adverse effect of; ease:
The drug buffered his pain.
- Digital Technology. to temporarily save (data) before actively accessing it so that it can be loaded at a rapid or uniform rate: You’ll get a load screen while the game buffers those high-resolution graphics.
Give the app time to buffer the audio when you are streaming music.
You’ll get a load screen while the game buffers those high-resolution graphics.
buffer
2[ buhf-er ]
noun
- a device for polishing or buffing, as a buff stick or buff wheel.
- a worker who uses such a device.
buffer
3[ buhf-er ]
noun
- a foolish or incompetent person.
- a fellow; man.
- a chief boatswain's mate in the British navy.
buffer
1/ ˈʌə /
noun
- one of a pair of spring-loaded steel pads attached at both ends of railway vehicles and at the end of a railway track to reduce shock due to contact
- a person or thing that lessens shock or protects from damaging impact, circumstances, etc
- chem
- an ionic compound, usually a salt of a weak acid or base, added to a solution to resist changes in its acidity or alkalinity and thus stabilize its pH
- Also calledbuffer solution a solution containing such a compound
- computing a memory device for temporarily storing data
- electronics an isolating circuit used to minimize the reaction between a driving and a driven circuit
- short for buffer state
- hit the buffers informal.to finish or be stopped, esp unexpectedly
verb
- to insulate against or protect from shock; cushion
- chem to add a buffer to (a solution)
buffer
2/ ˈʌə /
noun
- any device used to shine, polish, etc; buff
- a person who uses such a device
buffer
3/ ˈʌə /
noun
- informal.a stupid or bumbling man (esp in the phrase old buffer )
buffer
/ ŭ′ə /
- Chemistry.A substance that prevents change in the acidity of a solution when an acid or base is added to the solution or when the solution is diluted. Buffers are used to make solutions of known pH, especially for instrument calibration purposes. Natural buffers also exist in living organisms, where biochemical reactions are very sensitive to changes in pH.
- Computer Science.A device or an area of a computer that temporarily stores data that is being transferred between two machines that process data at different rates, such as a computer and a printer.
Notes
Other yvlog Forms
- ܲ·ܴڴ· adjective
yvlog History and Origins
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yvlog History and Origins
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Example Sentences
It has also occupied a demilitarised buffer zone, set up after the 1973 Arab-Israeli war, and has sent forces onto the Syrian side of a nearby mountain, setting up nine bases across the area.
A woman at the centre of a free speech controversy involving the US government has been found guilty of breaching a "buffer zone" outside a Bournemouth abortion clinic.
Israel has already significantly expanded a buffer zone around the edge of Gaza over the course of the war, and seized control of a corridor of land cutting through its centre.
During their previous operation in Rafah, Israeli forces seized a strategic buffer zone along the border with Egypt and did not withdraw from it as called for in the ceasefire agreement.
I’ve been used as a pawn, a buffer, and been treated like I’m downright stupid too.
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