Crossword clues for buffer
buffer
- An inclined metal frame at the front of a locomotive to clear the track
- (computer science) a part of RAM used for temporary storage of data that is waiting to be sent to a device
- Used to compensate for differences in the rate of flow of data between components of a computer system
- A cushion-like device that reduces shock due to contact
- An implement consisting of soft material mounted on a block
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
The Collaborative International Dictionary
buffer \buff"er\ (b[u^]f"[~e]r), v. t. (Chem.) to add a buffer[5] to (a solution), so as to reduce unwanted fluctuation of acidity.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1835, agent noun from obsolete verb buff "make a dull sound when struck" (mid-16c.), from Old French bufe "a blow, slap, punch" (see buffet (n.2)); hence also "something that absorbs a blow."
1894, from buffer (n.). Related: Buffered; buffering.
Wiktionary
(en-comparative of: buff) n. 1 Someone or something that buffs. 2 (context chemistry English) A solution used to stabilize the pH (acidity) of a liquid. 3 (context computing English) A 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. 4 (''mechanical'') Anything used to maintain slack or isolate different objects. 5 (context telecommunications English) 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. 6 (context rail English) A device on trains and carriages designed to cushion the impact between them. 7 (context rail English) The metal barrier to help prevent trains from running off the end of the track. 8 An isolating circuit, often an amplifier, used to minimize the influence of a driven circuit on the driving circuit. 9 (context politics international relations English) A buffer zone (such as a demilitarized zone) or a buffer state. 10 (context colloquial English) A good-humoured, slow-witted fellow, usually an elderly man. v
1 To use a buffer or buffers; to isolate or minimize the effects of one thing on another. 2 (context computing English) To store data in memory temporarily.
WordNet
n. an ionic compound that resists changes in its pH
an inclined metal frame at the front of a locomotive to clear the track [syn: fender, cowcatcher, pilot]
(computer science) a part of RAM used for temporary storage of data that is waiting to be sent to a device; used to compensate for differences in the rate of flow of data between components of a computer system [syn: buffer storage, buffer store]
a power tool used to buff surfaces [syn: polisher]
a cushion-like device that reduces shock due to contact [syn: fender]
an implement consisting of soft material mounted on a block; used for polishing (as in manicuring) [syn: buff]
Wikipedia
Buffer may refer to:
A buffer is a part of the buffers-and-chain coupling system used on the railway systems of many countries, among them most of those in Europe, for attaching railway vehicles to one another.
Fitted at the ends of the vehicle frames, one at each corner, the buffers are projecting, shock-absorbing pads which, when vehicles are coupled, are brought into contact with those on the next vehicle. The draw chain used between each pair of vehicles includes a screw which is tightened after coupling to shorten the chain and keep the buffers pressed together. Such is known as a 'screw coupling'. Historically, coupling chains were no more than that, a short length of heavy chain (typically three links long) with no adjustment. These would result in a 'loose-coupled train' in which the buffers of adjacent vehicles would only touch when the coupling chain was fully slack, such as when being pushed or going down hill.
Although the buffers in the very earliest days of railways were rigid (dumb buffers), they soon came to be spring-loaded, while those fitted to modern locomotives and rolling stock incorporate oleo-pneumatic shock absorbers.
In a fiber optic cable, a buffer is one type of component used to encapsulate one or more optical fibers for the purpose of providing such functions as mechanical isolation, protection from physical damage and fiber identification.
The buffer may take the form of a miniature conduit, contained within the cable and called a "loose buffer", or "loose buffer tube". A loose buffer may contain more than one fiber, and sometimes contains a lubricating gel. A "tight buffer" consists of a polymer coating in intimate contact with the primary coating applied to the fiber during manufacture.
Buffer application methods include spraying, dipping, extrusion and electrostatic methods. Materials used to create buffers can include fluoropolymers such as polyvinylidene fluoride (Kynar), polytetrafluoroethylene (Teflon), or polyurethane.
A buffer in GIS is a zone around a map feature measured in units of distance or time. A buffer is useful for proximity analysis.
A buffer is an area defined by the bounding region determined by a set of points at a specified maximum distance from all nodes along segments of an object.
Buffer is the colloquial title for the senior seaman sailor in a Commonwealth of Nations navy ship. The formal title is chief boatswain's mate.
This person is typically a chief petty officer or petty officer in frigates or destroyers, and in larger ships may be a warrant officer. In smaller ships, such as a patrol boat, the buffer may be a petty officer or leading rate.
The buffer reports to the first lieutenant or deck officer, and has a wide-ranging roving commission to supervise seamanship evolutions (activities) and issue directions to seamen as required, and advise "part of ship" officers and petty officers on their activities. As such, directions and orders come with the 'line' authority of the deck officer.
The buffer will supervise major ship activities, such as: berthing alongside and taking on equipment in harbour; anchoring, mooring and weighing; rigging for refuelling or stores transfer at sea; sending away and recovering a sea-boat.
The commanding officer may occasionally call for advice from the buffer with the deck officer and executive officer in attendance, so that there is wide agreement and understanding between the senior seamanship staff.
The equivalent position in the United States Navy would be that of a command master chief petty officer in the boatswain's mate rating.
Buffer is a software application designed to manage accounts in social networks, by providing the means for a user to schedule posts to Twitter, Facebook and Linkedin. Buffer is also the name of the company that creates this software.
The application was designed by a group of European expats in San Francisco, most notably Joel Gascoigne and Leo Widrich. Gascoigne is currently the CEO of Buffer, while Widrich is the COO. By June 2015, the team reached 34 people from different parts of the world.
As of January 2015, Buffer has more than 2,000,000 registered users.
Usage examples of "buffer".
There was old Bick cursing for all he was worth, and a little red-faced buffer puffing out his cheeks in an armchair.
Chente was relieved of his hardware and he and Martha were hustled into an olive-drab car that performed much more efficiently than the buffer Mayor Flaggon drove.
That slam of the closet door had given Napper a buffer against the explosion, but it was possible that the scrawny bomber would have trouble extricating himself from the wreckage.
From the edge of the ruins, he watched the stragglers arriving by air and land, and studied the wide sterile buffer zone surrounding the natatorium grounds, the energy barrier, and the security drones hovering in the airspace above.
Since Suad had given him 100 ccs of buffered nikethamide, that was very fast indeed.
The virus did not respond to antibiotics, and to her surprise she found that an ape could sweat, manifestly at night, through both the buffer of his pelage and the icy acetate of his pajamas.
Parlabane had soon learned, one bloke getting busy with the buffer did not constitute a legitimate, quorate polishing sesh.
Long ago, he had created the Seraphim to act as a buffer between the Priestess and inconvenient reality.
The patent team figured out a way to reduce the manufacturing costs on buckytubes somewhat by fabricating them in a buffered aqueous solution, which turned out to mean in saltwater, using some very special salt and precise temperature controls.
The hydronium ions came in a sudden wave, catching the dividing cells off-guard Buffer systems were mobilized to neutralize some of the initial reactive particles, but there were too many to combat.
I will turn the retransmission command over to you, and ask you to risk suicide by broadcasting yourself out of my communication buffer and back to your embassy.
Rodent left the park buffered with thousands of unspoiled acres, to keep the charmless roadside schlock at bay.
Serena Butler advocated, we must make every effort to secure the cooperation of the Unallied Planets, thus strengthening our defensive framework and adding a buffer zone to our protected territory.
So I reached for the undelete command, but instead of pushing those keys, I reflexively gave the kill command, completely wiping out the delete buffer, and then I saved the file right over the old one.
In the spacious anteroom are three-way floor-length mirrors, a long vanity with tissues and cotton balls and individual mirrors, dispensers for lotions and astringent cleansers, little squirt bottles of antistatic and hairspray, nail buffers, a vending machine dispensing individual vials of various scents at a cost per ounce as exorbitant as if it were Parisian perfume.