buff·er 1 (b f  r)n. 1. One that buffs, especially a piece of soft leather or cloth used to shine or polish. 2. A buffing wheel. |
| buff·er 2 (bfr) n. 1. Something that lessens or absorbs the shock of an impact. 2. One that protects by intercepting or moderating adverse pressures or influences: "A sense of humor . . . may have served as a buffer against the . . . shocks of disappointment" (James Russell Lowell). 3. Something that separates potentially antagonistic entities, as an area between two rival powers that serves to lessen the danger of conflict. 4. Chemistry A substance that minimizes change in the acidity of a solution when an acid or base is added to the solution. 5. Computer Science A device or area used to store data temporarily. tr.v. buff·ered, buff·er·ing, buff·ers 1. To act as a buffer for or between. 2. Chemistry To treat (a solution) with a buffer. 3. Computer Science To hold or collect (data) in a buffer. [Probably from obsolete buff, to make a sound like a soft body being hit, of imitative origin.] |
Translations
buffering [ˈbʌfərɪŋ] n (COMPUTING) (= storage) → mise f en mémoire tampon (= use) → utilisation f de la mémoire tampon
buffer memory n (COMPUTING) → mémoire f tampon
buffer state n → état m tampon
buffer zone n → zone f tampon
buffer memory n (COMPUTING) → mémoire f tampon
buffer state n → état m tampon
buffer zone n → zone f tampon
buffering
n (Comput) → Pufferung f
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