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Buffer

adjective
/ˈbafə(ɹ)/
Word Frequency: 11.5

Definitions

1.adjectiveOf the color of buff leather, a brownish yellow.
2.adjectiveUnusually muscular. (also buffed or buffed out)
"The bouncer was a big, buff dude with tattoos, a shaved head, and a serious scowl."
3.adjectivePhysically attractive.
4.nounSomeone or something that buffs.
5.nounA solution used to stabilize the pH (acidity) of a liquid.
6.nounA portion of memory set aside to store data, often before it is sent to an external device or as it is received from an external device.
7.noun(mechanical) Anything used to maintain slack or isolate different objects.
8.nounA 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.
9.nounA device on trains and carriages designed to cushion the impact between them.
10.nounThe metal barrier to help prevent trains from running off the end of the track.
11.nounAn isolating circuit, often an amplifier, used to minimize the influence of a driven circuit on the driving circuit.
12.noun(international relations) A buffer zone (such as a demilitarized zone) or a buffer state.
13.nounA good-humoured, slow-witted fellow, usually an elderly man.
14.nounA gap that isolates or separates two things.
15.verbTo use a buffer or buffers; to isolate or minimize the effects of one thing on another.
16.verbTo store data in memory temporarily.
17.verbTo maintain the acidity of a solution near a chosen value by adding an acid or a base.

Synonyms

polishercushionfendercowcatcherpilotsoftenbuffer storagebuffer storeswabpadpaddingpillow

Rhymes With

sufferduffersnufferflufferpufferstufferhufferscuffer
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