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buffers

/ˈbʌfərz/

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Someone or something that buffs.

Examples :

"At the car wash, the buffers left the car sparkling and smooth. "

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A solution used to stabilize the pH (acidity) of a liquid.

Examples :

"To keep the science experiment accurate, we added buffers to the solution to prevent the pH from changing. "

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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.

Examples :

"The printer uses small buffers to hold the document data while it prints, allowing the computer to continue working on other tasks. "

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(mechanical) Anything used to maintain slack or isolate different objects.

Examples :

"The bumpers on a car act as buffers, protecting the car from damage in a minor collision. "

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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.

Examples :

"The online video uses buffers to prevent interruptions while streaming, even if your internet speed briefly slows down. "

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A device on trains and carriages designed to cushion the impact between them.

Examples :

"The train cars crashed together gently because of the buffers between them. "

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The metal barrier to help prevent trains from running off the end of the track.

Examples :

"The train slowly rolled to a stop against the buffers at the end of the track. "

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An isolating circuit, often an amplifier, used to minimize the influence of a driven circuit on the driving circuit.

Examples :

"The computer's sound card used buffers to prevent the music program from overloading the computer's processing unit. "

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(international relations) A buffer zone (such as a demilitarized zone) or a buffer state.

Examples :

"Switzerland and Austria act as buffers between larger, potentially conflicting European powers. "

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A good-humoured, slow-witted fellow, usually an elderly man.

Examples :

"Old Mr. Abernathy, one of the town's beloved buffers, always had a smile and a story, though sometimes you had to repeat things slowly for him. "

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A gap that isolates or separates two things.

Examples :

""The thick walls of the recording studio act as buffers, keeping outside noise from interfering with the music." "

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To use a buffer or buffers; to isolate or minimize the effects of one thing on another.

Examples :

"To protect their children's feelings, the parents buffered them from the difficult news of the company's financial troubles. "

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To store data in memory temporarily.

Examples :

"The printer buffers the document before printing, allowing me to continue working on my computer. "

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To maintain the acidity of a solution near a chosen value by adding an acid or a base.

Examples :

"The lab technician buffers the solution to ensure the experiment's results are accurate, even if small amounts of acid or base are accidentally added. "

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