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We all like going to the dark side of things; we all like dipping into worlds that we don't know anything about, or hopefully don't know anything about. I think 'Banshee' gives people a chance to do that pretty safely because we all know there's a solid buffer between the show and reality.
Antony Starr

Meaning of "buffer" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD BUFFER

From buff².
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Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.
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PRONUNCIATION OF BUFFER

buffer  [ˈbʌfə] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF BUFFER

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Buffer is a verb and can also act as a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb buffer in English.

WHAT DOES BUFFER MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of buffer in the English dictionary

The first definition of buffer in the dictionary is one of a pair of spring-loaded steel pads attached at both ends of railway vehicles and at the end of a railway track to reduce shock due to contact. Other definition of buffer is a person or thing that lessens shock or protects from damaging impact, circumstances, etc. Buffer is also an ionic compound, usually a salt of a weak acid or base, added to a solution to resist changes in its acidity or alkalinity and thus stabilize its pH.


CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO BUFFER

PRESENT

Present
I buffer
you buffer
he/she/it buffers
we buffer
you buffer
they buffer
Present continuous
I am buffering
you are buffering
he/she/it is buffering
we are buffering
you are buffering
they are buffering
Present perfect
I have buffered
you have buffered
he/she/it has buffered
we have buffered
you have buffered
they have buffered
Present perfect continuous
I have been buffering
you have been buffering
he/she/it has been buffering
we have been buffering
you have been buffering
they have been buffering
Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past
I buffered
you buffered
he/she/it buffered
we buffered
you buffered
they buffered
Past continuous
I was buffering
you were buffering
he/she/it was buffering
we were buffering
you were buffering
they were buffering
Past perfect
I had buffered
you had buffered
he/she/it had buffered
we had buffered
you had buffered
they had buffered
Past perfect continuous
I had been buffering
you had been buffering
he/she/it had been buffering
we had been buffering
you had been buffering
they had been buffering
Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future
I will buffer
you will buffer
he/she/it will buffer
we will buffer
you will buffer
they will buffer
Future continuous
I will be buffering
you will be buffering
he/she/it will be buffering
we will be buffering
you will be buffering
they will be buffering
Future perfect
I will have buffered
you will have buffered
he/she/it will have buffered
we will have buffered
you will have buffered
they will have buffered
Future perfect continuous
I will have been buffering
you will have been buffering
he/she/it will have been buffering
we will have been buffering
you will have been buffering
they will have been buffering
The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional
I would buffer
you would buffer
he/she/it would buffer
we would buffer
you would buffer
they would buffer
Conditional continuous
I would be buffering
you would be buffering
he/she/it would be buffering
we would be buffering
you would be buffering
they would be buffering
Conditional perfect
I would have buffer
you would have buffer
he/she/it would have buffer
we would have buffer
you would have buffer
they would have buffer
Conditional perfect continuous
I would have been buffering
you would have been buffering
he/she/it would have been buffering
we would have been buffering
you would have been buffering
they would have been buffering
Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative
you buffer
we let´s buffer
you buffer
The imperative is used to form commands or requests.
NONFINITE VERB FORMS
Infinitive
to buffer
Past participle
buffered
Present Participle
buffering
Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH BUFFER


bluffer
ˈblʌfə
candlesnuffer
ˈkænd əlˌsnʌfə
duffer
ˈdʌfə
fluffer
ˈflʌfə
huffer
ˈhʌfə
luffa
ˈlʌfə
puffer
ˈpʌfə
rougher
ˈrʌfə
scuffer
ˈskʌfə
snuffer
ˈsnʌfə
stuffer
ˈstʌfə
suffer
ˈsʌfə

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE BUFFER

buffalo fish
buffalo gnat
buffalo grass
buffaloberry
buffel grass
buffer force
buffer fund
buffer memory
buffer solution
buffer state
buffer stock
buffer zone
buffering
buffet
buffet car
buffet lunch
buffet meal
buffet supper
buffeter
buffeting

WORDS THAT END LIKE BUFFER

agree to differ
Bonhoeffer
cash offer
chaffer
chauffer
counteroffer
differ
gaffer
gauffer
job offer
offer
on offer
proffer
re-offer
Shaffer
sniffer
special offer
staffer
stocking stuffer
tender offer

Synonyms and antonyms of buffer in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «BUFFER»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «buffer» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of buffer

Translation of «buffer» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF BUFFER

Find out the translation of buffer to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of buffer from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «buffer» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

缓冲物
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

amortiguador
570 millions of speakers

English

buffer
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

बफर
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

عازلة
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

буфер
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

resguardo
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

বাফার
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

tampon
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Penampan
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Puffer
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

緩衝物
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

완충 장치
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Buffer
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

đệm
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

தாங்கல்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

बफर
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

tampon
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

protezione
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

bufor
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

буфер
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

tampon
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

ρυθμιστικό
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

buffer
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

buffert
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

buffer
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of buffer

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «BUFFER»

The term «buffer» is very widely used and occupies the 11.029 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «BUFFER» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «buffer» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «buffer» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about buffer

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10 QUOTES WITH «BUFFER»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word buffer.
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Wayne Allard
The successful establishment of a buffer zone around Fort Carson will provide an example for other bases around the country as we seek to protect the training mission of the U.S. military while preserving critical habitats on our ranges.
2
Aimee Bender
Writing can be a frightening, distressing business, and whatever kind of structure or buffer is available can help a lot.
3
Nat Friedman
It's probably fair to say that the ratio of time our Connector developers spend in the debugger versus the Emacs buffer is higher than with most software.
4
Jerry Greenfield
Ice cream is the perfect buffer, because you can do things in a somewhat lighthearted way. Plus, people have an emotional response to ice cream; it's more than just food. So I think when you combine caring, and eating wonderful food, it's a very powerful combination.
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Umberto Guidoni
And so, in case we have contingencies and things that we cannot accomplish within the duration of the space walk, we have a buffer, I mean, in order to be able to complete the... what we want to accomplish.
6
Jerry Harrison
I see myself as the buffer between the band and the record company.
7
Michael Koryta
I made a very conscious effort to finish 'The Cypress House' before 'So Cold the River' launched, because I thought that would help build a buffer between my writing and any impact that came from either the success or the failure of that first book.
8
Benoit Mandelbrot
Although computer memory is no longer expensive, there's always a finite size buffer somewhere. When a big piece of news arrives, everybody sends a message to everybody else, and the buffer fills.
9
Beto O'Rourke
We in El Paso and Juarez are literally one community. There's no separation; there's no DMZ; there's no buffer.
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Antony Starr
We all like going to the dark side of things; we all like dipping into worlds that we don't know anything about, or hopefully don't know anything about. I think 'Banshee' gives people a chance to do that pretty safely because we all know there's a solid buffer between the show and reality.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «BUFFER»

Discover the use of buffer in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to buffer and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Buffer Overflow Attacks: Detect, Exploit, Prevent
This book provides specific, real code examples on exploiting buffer overflow attacks from a hacker's perspective and defending against these attacks for the software developer. *Over half of the "SANS TOP 10 Software Vulnerabilities" are ...
Jason Deckard, 2005
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Buffer Solutions
A must for researchers in the biological sciences, this valuable book takes the time to explain something often taken for granted - buffers used in experiments.
R. Robert J. Beynon, J. John S. Easterby, 1996
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Principles of Chemistry: The Molecular Science
Buffer. Solutions. Adding a small amount of acid or base to pure water radically changes the pH. Consider what happens if 0.010 mol HCl is added to 1 L pure water. The pH changes from 7.00 to 2.00 because [H3O] changes from 1.0 107 M to ...
John Moore, Conrad Stanitski, Peter Jurs, 2009
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Physiology
Buffering Systems Phosphate buffer (HPO42'fH.fO4')t with a pK of 6.8, contributes little to the buffering capacity of the extracellular fluid because of its low concentration. Organic phosphate is an important chemical buffer within intracellular ...
Roger Thies, K.W. Barron, 1995
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General chemistry
FIGURE 16.9 Buffer action A buffer is a solution of about equal molar amounts of a weak acid, HA, and its conjugate base, A, in equilibrium (center beaker). When an acid, such as HCI, is added to the buffer, H3O from this acid reacts with A in ...
Darrell D. Ebbing, Steven D. Gammon, 2009
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Protein Purification: Principles and Practice
A small sample of the preparation containing the protein can be passed through a gel filtration column to change the buffer. One milliliter can be processed through a 10-ml column in about 10 min (see Table 1.2). For a trial anion exchange ...
Robert K. Scopes, 1994
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Writing and Speaking in the Technology Professions: A ...
There is a fairly conventional and reliable structure to help writers who must present such indirect bad news messages: 1) a neutral or positive buffer to open the letter or memo; 2) a reasons section that provides solid evidence for why you are ...
David F. Beer, 2003
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Buffer Overflow Vulnerability Diagnosis for Commodity Software
Automatic buffer overflow vulnerability diagnosis is important for enabling appropriate security responses to defend against zero-day attacks, such as creating an input filter (e.g., [24, 26, 94]) that filters out all subsequent exploits for the buffer ...
Jiang Zheng, 2008
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Design and Implementation of Low Power Reorder Buffer
There have been many reorder buffer design each with specific emphasis that are integral to the foundation to the reorder buffer and the trends to theory, design , and implementation of the reorder buffer. This chapter takes into account the ...
Jon David Fisher, 2009
10
The Search for Peace in Afghanistan: From Buffer State to ...
This book analyzes the part played by international politics in this debacle, discussing how changing patterns of strategic conflict and cooperation have affected international negotiations over Afghanistan from the period of the civil war ...
Barnett R. Rubin, 1995

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «BUFFER»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term buffer is used in the context of the following news items.
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Smallest tiger reserve Bor to have 661 sq km buffer
NAGPUR: The 138.12 sq km Bor Tiger Reserve (BTR), 60km from here in Wardha district, will have a buffer zone of 661.16 sq km. This is nearly ... «Times of India, Jul 15»
2
Mediation process over buffer zone at Harmonyville ends
The grassroots organization, BYGEA has been in court with the Government over the right to plant within the buffer area of Harmonyville. «LoveFM, Jul 15»
3
County eliminates buffer zones
Buffer zones are areas outside municipalities in which those communities are allowed to control zoning. Martinsville has a two-mile buffer zone. «Reporter-Times, Jul 15»
4
Atlas 5c offer price a buffer to headwinds
When Atlas Iron managing director David Flanagan settled on an offer price of just 5c for the company's crucial equity raising — the bottom end ... «The Australian, Jul 15»
5
MP calls for mandatory fracking buffer zones
THE Government has been urged to separate fracking sites with six-mile buffer zones to stop rural areas becoming too industrialised. Thirsk and Malton MP ... «The Northern Echo, Jul 15»
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3 Clever Formulas To Utilize Buffer You Will Want To Go Try Right …
However, once I saw the Buffer dashboard, I immediately knew this was going to be the one for me. To me, Buffer is intuitive, easy to use, and ... «Business 2 Community, Jul 15»
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Tory MP for crucial shale gas area calls for fracking 'buffer zones'
Fracking sites should be separated by six mile “buffer zones” to prevent the industrialisation of the countryside, the Conservative MP for a ... «Telegraph.co.uk, Jul 15»
8
Turkish military wary of Erdogan plan for Syrian buffer zone
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has intensified his campaign for a buffer zone since Syrian Kurdish and rebel forces defeated the ... «Al-Monitor, Jul 15»
9
Now, warning system to halt train before it hits buffer
MUMBAI: A week after a suburban train rammed into dead-end buffer at Churchgate station and jumped onto the concourse, the railways will ... «Times of India, Jul 15»
10
US renews its opposition to buffer zones in Syria
A spokesman for the US State Department has said that the US rejects the idea of establishing buffer zones in Syria, or even "safe refuge" ... «Middle East Monitor, Jul 15»

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