A Quick and Simple Dictionary

buffer

1. Noun.  Someone or something that buffs.
2. Noun.  (chemistry) A solution used to stabilize the pH (acidity) of a liquid.
3. Noun.  (computing) 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. Noun.  (''mechanical'') Anything used to maintain slack or isolate different objects.
5. 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.
6. Noun.  (rail) A device on trains and carriages designed to cushion the impact between them.
7. Noun.  (rail) The metal barrier to help prevent trains from running off the end of the track.
8. Noun.  An isolating circuit, often an amplifier, used to minimize the influence of a driven circuit on the driving circuit.
9. Noun.  In international relations, a buffer zone (such as a demilitarized zone) or a buffer state.
10. Noun.  (rfdef, lang en) .
11. Verb.  To use a buffer or buffers; to isolate or minimize the effects of one thing on another.
12. Verb.  (computing) To store data in memory temporarily.
13. Adjective.  (comparative of, buff) .