ALL meanings of buffer
buff·er
B b - countable noun buffer A buffer is something that prevents something else from being harmed or that prevents two things from harming each other. 3
- verb buffer If something is buffered, it is protected from harm. 3
- countable noun buffer The buffers on a train or at the end of a railway line are two metal discs on springs that reduce the shock when a train hits them. 3
- countable noun buffer A buffer is an area in a computer's memory where information can be stored for a short time. 3
- countable noun buffer If you say that someone, usually a man, is an old buffer, you mean that you think they are rather foolish. 3
- noun buffer 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 3
- noun buffer a person or thing that lessens shock or protects from damaging impact, circumstances, etc 3
- noun buffer 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 3
- noun buffer a solution containing such a compound 3
- noun buffer a memory device for temporarily storing data 3
- noun buffer an isolating circuit used to minimize the reaction between a driving and a driven circuit 3
- verb buffer to insulate against or protect from shock; cushion 3
- verb buffer to add a buffer to (a solution) 3
- noun buffer any device used to shine, polish, etc; buff 3
- noun buffer a person who uses such a device 3
- noun buffer a stupid or bumbling man (esp in the phrase old buffer) 3
- noun buffer a device using padding, springs, hydraulic pressure, etc. to lessen or absorb the shock of collision or impact 3
- noun buffer any person or thing that serves to lessen shock or prevent sharp impact, as between antagonistic forces 3
- noun buffer any substance in a solution that tends to stabilize the hydrogen ion concentration by neutralizing any added acid or alkali 3
- noun buffer a computer storage area that temporarily holds data being transferred from one device to another, as to compensate for the different processing rates of the devices 3
- verb transitive buffer to protect against shock or impact; cushion or insulate 3
- noun buffer a person who buffs or polishes 3
- noun buffer a buffing wheel, stick, block, or cloth 3
- noun buffer an elderly man variously regarded as old fashioned, stodgy, ineffectual, etc. 3
- noun buffer shock absorber 1
- noun buffer polishing device 1
- noun buffer cache that stores streaming data 1
- transitive verb buffer cushion from an impact 1
- transitive verb buffer store, cache: streaming data 1
- intransitive verb buffer store data while streaming 1
- noun buffer mediator between groups 1
- noun buffer financial reserve 1
- noun buffer person who buffs 1
- transitive verb buffer add chemical buffer to sth 1
- noun Technical meaning of buffer 1. An area of memory used for storing messages. Typically, a buffer will have other attributes such as an input pointer (where new data will be written into the buffer), and output pointer (where the next item will be read from) and/or a count of the space used or free. Buffers are used to decouple processes so that the reader and writer may operate at different speeds or on different sized blocks of data. There are many different algorithms for using buffers, e.g. first-in first-out (FIFO or shelf), last-in first-out (LIFO or stack), double buffering (allowing one buffer to be read while the other is being written), cyclic buffer (reading or writing past the end wraps around to the beginning). 2. An electronic device to provide compatibility between two signals, e.g. changing voltage levels or current capability. 1
- noun buffer cloth used for polishing 1
- noun buffer a soft, thick, light-yellow leather with a napped surface, originally made from buffalo skin but later also from other skins, used for making belts, pouches, etc. 1
- noun buffer a brownish-yellow color; tan. 1
- noun buffer a buff stick or buff wheel. 1
- noun buffer a devotee or well-informed student of some activity or subject: Civil War buffs avidly read the new biography of Grant. 1
- noun buffer Informal. the bare skin: in the buff. 1
- noun buffer Also called buffcoat. a thick, short coat of buffalo leather, worn especially by English soldiers and American colonists in the 17th century. 1
- noun buffer Informal. a buffalo. 1
- verb with object buffer to clean or polish (metal) or give a grainless finish of high luster to (plated surfaces) with or as if with a buff stick or buff wheel. 1
- verb with object buffer to polish or shine, especially with a buffer: to buff shoes. 1
- verb with object buffer to dye or stain in a buff color. 1
- adjective buffer having the color of buff. 1
- adjective buffer made of buff leather. 1
- adjective buffer Slang. physically attractive; muscular. 1
- noun buffer Someone or something that buffs. 0