buffer
noun
[ ˈbʌfə ]
• a person or thing that reduces a shock or that forms a barrier between incompatible or antagonistic people or things.
• "family and friends can provide a buffer against stress"
Similar:
cushion,
bulwark,
shield,
screen,
barrier,
guard,
safeguard,
hedge,
shock absorber,
armour,
intermediary,
middleman,
go-between,
• a solution which resists changes in pH when acid or alkali is added to it.
• a temporary memory area in which data is stored while it is being processed or transferred, especially one used while streaming video or downloading audio.
• "print speed is boosted by pages being formatted in a buffer while another is printing"
buffer
verb
• lessen or moderate the impact of (something).
• "the massage helped to buffer the strain"
Similar:
cushion,
absorb,
soften,
lessen,
diminish,
moderate,
mitigate,
allay,
deaden,
muffle,
stifle,
shield,
• treat with a chemical buffer.
• "add organic matter to buffer the resulting alkalinity"
• store (data) in a buffer while it is being processed or transferred.
• "try buffering as much of the video stream as you can before you hit the 'play' button"
Origin:
mid 19th century: probably from obsolete buff (verb), imitative of the sound of a blow to a soft body.
buffer
noun
• an elderly man who is considered to be foolishly old-fashioned, unworldly, or incompetent.
• "a distinguished old buffer"
Origin:
mid 18th century: probably from obsolete buff (see buffer1), or from dialect buff ‘stutter, splutter’ (possibly the same word). In late Middle English buffer had the sense ‘stammerer’.
buff
adjective
• (of a person or their body) in good physical shape with well-developed muscles.
• "the driver was a buff blond named March"
Origin:
mid 16th century: probably from French buffle, from Italian bufalo, from late Latin bufalus (see buffalo). The original sense in English was ‘buffalo’, later ‘oxhide’ or ‘colour of oxhide’.
