English Explanatory Dictionary

buffer

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Someone or something that buffs (polishes and makes shiny).
  2. A machine with rotary brushes, passed over a hard floor to clean it.
  3. A machine for polishing shoes and boots.
  4. A boxer.
adj
  1. Comparative form of buff: more buff.
noun
  1. Anything used to isolate or minimize the effect of one thing on another.
  2. 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.
  3. Anything used to maintain slack or isolate different objects.
  4. A device on trains and carriages designed to cushion the impact between them.
  5. The barrier placed at the end of the track to absorb the impact of a train that fails to stop.
  6. An isolating circuit, often an amplifier, used to minimize the influence of a driven circuit on the driving circuit.
  7. 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.
  8. 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.
  9. A buffer zone (such as a demilitarized zone) or a buffer state.
  10. A reserve of funds set aside for use only when adverse circumstances prevail.
  11. A gap that isolates or separates two things.
  12. The chief boatswain's mate.
verb
  1. To use a buffer or buffers; to isolate or minimize the effects of one thing on another.
  2. To queue up (an input) so that it is performed immediately once it is possible.
  3. To store (data) in memory temporarily while it is awaiting processing.
  4. To maintain the acidity of a solution near a chosen value by adding an acid or a base.
noun
  1. A good-humoured, slow-witted fellow, usually an elderly man.
noun
  1. A dog.
name
  1. A surname

Pronunciation

/ˈbʌfə/ [ˈbɐfə(ɹ)] /ˈbʌfəɹ/ En-us-buffer.ogg /ˈbafə(ɹ)/ [ˈbäfə(ɹ)] En-au-buffer.ogg

Word forms

buffer buffers buffering buffered

Etymology

From buff + -er.

Derived words

buffer lass buffer rodeo back buffer buffer beam bufferbloat buffer car bufferhead bufferize bufferless buffer overflow buffer overrun buffer solution buffer state buffer stock buffer stop buffer underrun buffer zone circular buffer cryobuffer direct buffer disk buffer framebuffer gap buffer G-buffer immunobuffer multibuffer non-direct buffer printer buffer riparian buffer shadow buffer sidebuffer stencil buffer track buffer volatility buffer w-buffer z-buffer bufferable buffer up debuffer pause buffer prebuffer rebuffer unbuffer bufferdom

Translations

Finnish: kiillottaja Finnish: kiillotuskone Spanish: escrepa Bulgarian: бу́фер Esperanto: bufro Finnish: puskuri French: tampon German: Puffer Indonesian: penyangga Māori: pākai Māori: tauārai Spanish: búfer Spanish: parachoques Spanish: amortiguador Spanish: intercesor Spanish: mediador Spanish: aislador Spanish: aislante Spanish: buffer Spanish: amortiguamiento Welsh: byffer Armenian: թափարգել Catalan: topall Dutch: buffer Italian: respingente Polish: zderzak Romanian: tampon Swedish: buffert Dutch: inperken Finnish: eristää Finnish: puskuroida Māori: tauārai Spanish: amortiguar Spanish: aislar Spanish: interceder Spanish: mediar
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