buffer

1. Someone or something that buffs (polishes and makes shiny).

   A machine with rotary brushes, passed over a hard floor to clean it.

2. A machine for polishing shoes and boots.

3. Anything used to isolate or minimize the effect of one thing on another.

   A solution used to stabilize the pH (acidity) of a liquid, such as by resisting a change in pH when an acid or alkali is added.

4. Anything used to maintain slack or isolate different objects.

5. A device on trains and carriages designed to cushion the impact between them.

   a cushion-like device that reduces shock due to an impact

6. The barrier placed at the end of the track to absorb the impact of a train that fails to stop.

   Puffer

7. An isolating circuit, often an amplifier, used to minimize the influence of a driven circuit on the driving circuit.

8. 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.

   (computer science) a part of RAM used for temporary storage of data that is waiting to be sent to a device; used to compensate for differences in the rate of flow of data between components of a computer system

9. A portion of memory set aside to temporarily store data, often before it is sent to an external device or as it is received from an external device.

   Puffer, Pufferspeicher

   бу́ферbúfer

10. A buffer zone (such as a demilitarized zone) or a buffer state.

11. A means, often normally idle inventory, used as a cushion against fluctuations in business, especially in the supply or demand for goods.

12. A reserve of funds set aside for use only when adverse circumstances prevail.

    I keep a savings buffer of three months' worth of living expenses.

1. Unfortunately, we have no choices but a certain buffer zone.

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2. Motorists must leave at least a metre-wide buffer when passing cyclists.

   deAutofahrer müssen mindestens einen Meter Abstand halten, wenn sie an Fahrradfahrern vorbeifahren.

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3. The video is still buffering.

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4. The capacity of ecosystems to buffer the impacts of extreme events like fires, floods, and severe storms is being overwhelmed.

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5. New research concludes buffering people from financial shocks may help keep them from resorting to risky behaviors that spread the virus.

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