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