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`1buffer
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`noun
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`buff·er
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`\ˈbə-fər\
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`Definition of BUFFER
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`SAVE
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`slang British
`: FELLOW, MAN; especially : an old man
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`Origin of BUFFER
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`origin unknown
`First Known Use: 1749
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`Rhymes with BUFFER
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`bluffer, duffer, puffer, rougher, snuffer, stuffer, suffer
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`2buffer
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`noun, often attributive
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`Definition of BUFFER
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`: any of various devices or pieces of material for reducing shock or damage
`due to contact
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`: a means or device used as a cushion against the shock of fluctuations in
`business or financial activity
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`: something that serves as a protective barrier: as
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`a : BUFFER STATE
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`b : a person who shields another especially from annoying routine matters
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`c : MEDIATOR 1
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`: a substance capable in solution of neutralizing both acids and bases and
`thereby maintaining the original acidity or basicity of the solution; also : a
`solution containing such a substance
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`: a temporary storage unit (as in a computer); especially : one that accepts
`information at one rate and delivers it at another
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`— buff·ered
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`\-fərd\
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`adjective
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`Origin of BUFFER
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`buff, verb, to react like a soft body when struck
`First Known Use: 1835
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`Rhymes with BUFFER
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`bluffer, rougher, snuffer
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`3buffer
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`verb
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`: to protect (something) from something
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`: to lessen the harmful effects of (something)
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`computers : to put (something, such as data) in a buffer
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`buff·ered
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`buff·er·ing
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`\-f(ə-)riŋ\
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`Full Definition of BUFFER
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`transitive verb
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`: to lessen the shock of : CUSHION
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`: to treat (as a solution or its acidity) with a buffer; also : to prepare (aspirin)
`with an antacid
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`: to collect (as data) in a buffer
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`Examples of BUFFER
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`The trees help buffer the house from the hot summer sun.
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`The wall buffers the noise of the traffic.
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`First Known Use of BUFFER
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`1845
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`Related to BUFFER
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`Synonyms
`cushion, gentle, soften
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`bile, biodegradable, capsaicin, keratin, metabolism
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`4buffer
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`noun
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`Definition of BUFFER
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`: one that buffs
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`First Known Use of BUFFER
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`1854
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`I appreciate this site because it is there for me when I need to look up a
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`Maliha Mahmood · The Indus Academy
`what does it mean when we say " A buffer week" ?
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`Christine Miele Duffy · Works at Nassau Community College
`The term is used for people in the tv show The Riches on FX
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`Debra Ann Smith · Bogalusa High School
`B'cause, whenever I try to play a video or record a song, buffering causes it
`to have pauses. How can I stop this?
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