buffered

buff·er ¹  (bfr)

n.

1. One that buffs, especially a piece of soft leather or cloth used to shine or polish.

2. A buffing wheel.

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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.

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[Probably from obsolete buff, to make a sound like a soft body being hit, of imitative origin.]