Definitions from Wiktionary (Buffer)
▸ noun: Someone or something that buffs (polishes and makes shiny).
▸ noun: A machine with rotary brushes, passed over a hard floor to clean it.
▸ noun: A machine for polishing shoes and boots.
▸ noun: (slang, archaic, Ireland) A boxer.
▸ noun: Anything used to isolate or minimize the effect of one thing on another.
▸ noun: (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.
▸ noun: (mechanics) Anything used to maintain slack or isolate different objects.
▸ noun: (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.
▸ noun: (rail transport) A device on trains and carriages designed to cushion the impact between them.
▸ noun: (rail transport) The barrier placed at the end of the track to absorb the impact of a train that fails to stop.
▸ noun: An isolating circuit, often an amplifier, used to minimize the influence of a driven circuit on the driving circuit.
▸ 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.
▸ noun: (politics, international relations) A buffer zone (such as a demilitarized zone) or a buffer state.
▸ noun: (finance) A reserve of funds set aside for use only when adverse circumstances prevail.
▸ noun: (figurative) A gap that isolates or separates two things.
▸ noun: (UK, nautical, slang) The chief boatswain's mate.
▸ verb: To use a buffer or buffers; to isolate or minimize the effects of one thing on another.
▸ verb: (video games) To queue up (an input) so that it is performed immediately once it is possible.
▸ verb: (transitive or intransitive, computing) To store (data) in memory temporarily while it is awaiting processing.
▸ verb: (chemistry) To maintain the acidity of a solution near a chosen value by adding an acid or a base.
▸ noun: (colloquial) A good-humoured, slow-witted fellow, usually an elderly man.
▸ noun: A surname
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▸ noun: Someone or something that buffs (polishes and makes shiny).
▸ noun: A machine with rotary brushes, passed over a hard floor to clean it.
▸ noun: A machine for polishing shoes and boots.
▸ noun: (slang, archaic, Ireland) A boxer.
▸ noun: Anything used to isolate or minimize the effect of one thing on another.
▸ noun: (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.
▸ noun: (mechanics) Anything used to maintain slack or isolate different objects.
▸ noun: (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.
▸ noun: (rail transport) A device on trains and carriages designed to cushion the impact between them.
▸ noun: (rail transport) The barrier placed at the end of the track to absorb the impact of a train that fails to stop.
▸ noun: An isolating circuit, often an amplifier, used to minimize the influence of a driven circuit on the driving circuit.
▸ 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.
▸ noun: (politics, international relations) A buffer zone (such as a demilitarized zone) or a buffer state.
▸ noun: (finance) A reserve of funds set aside for use only when adverse circumstances prevail.
▸ noun: (figurative) A gap that isolates or separates two things.
▸ noun: (UK, nautical, slang) The chief boatswain's mate.
▸ verb: To use a buffer or buffers; to isolate or minimize the effects of one thing on another.
▸ verb: (video games) To queue up (an input) so that it is performed immediately once it is possible.
▸ verb: (transitive or intransitive, computing) To store (data) in memory temporarily while it is awaiting processing.
▸ verb: (chemistry) To maintain the acidity of a solution near a chosen value by adding an acid or a base.
▸ noun: (colloquial) A good-humoured, slow-witted fellow, usually an elderly man.
▸ noun: A surname
▸ Also see buffer
Types:
phosphate buffer,
acetate buffer,
tris buffer,
citrate buffer,
bicarbonate buffer,
HEPES buffer,
carbonate buffer,
Good's buffer,
more...
Phrases:
Adjectives:
different,
state,
various,
large,
internal,
multiple,
several,
free,
riparian,
additional,
appropriate
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▸ Words similar to buffers
▸ Usage examples for buffers
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▸ Wikipedia articles (New!)
▸ Popular adjectives describing buffers
▸ Words that often appear near buffers
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▸ Invented words related to buffers