BUFFER
/ˈbafə(ɹ)/
14
Scrabble
16
WWF
B(3) U(1) F(4) F(4) E(1) R(1)
NWL/TWL ✓ Collins ✓ WWF ✓
Definition
/ˈbafə(ɹ)/
adjective
- Of the color of buff leather, a brownish yellow.
- Unusually muscular. (also buffed or buffed out)“The bouncer was a big, buff dude with tattoos, a shaved head, and a serious scowl.”
- Physically attractive.
noun
- Someone or something that buffs.
- A solution used to stabilize the pH (acidity) of a liquid.
- 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.
- (mechanical) Anything used to maintain slack or isolate different objects.
- 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.
verb
- To use a buffer or buffers; to isolate or minimize the effects of one thing on another.
- To store data in memory temporarily.
- To maintain the acidity of a solution near a chosen value by adding an acid or a base.
Source: Wiktionary
Hooks
Back hooks: BUFFER-S
