buffer

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Someone or something that buffs (gl).
(senseid) A machine with rotary brushes, passed over a hard floor to clean it.
A machine for polishing shoes and boots.
A boxer.
1821, Pierce Egan (the Elder), ''Boxiana; or, Sketches of antient and modern pugilism'' (page 117)

Such a buffer as Donnelly, / Ereland never again will see.

(en-comparative of).
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.
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.
A device on trains and carriages designed to cushion the impact between them.
1885, (w), ''(w)'', Act II, in ''The Mikado, and Other Plays'', New York: Modern Library, 1917, p. 42, https://archive.org/details/mikadootherplays00gilb

The idiot who, in railway carriages, / Scribbles on window panes, / We only suffer / To ride on a buffer / In Parliamentary trains.

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(senseid) The barrier placed at the end of the track to absorb the impact of a train that fails to stop.
(quote-journal). A dozen years later, I published my book on it, extolling the line's wonders. We are all allowed to change our minds.
An isolating circuit, often an amplifier, used to minimize the influence of a driven circuit on the driving circuit.
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.
A zone (such as a demilitarized zone) or a buffer state.
A reserve of funds set aside for use only when adverse circumstances prevail.

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A gap that isolates or separates two things.
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The chief boatswain's mate.
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To use a buffer or buffers; to isolate or minimize the effects of one thing on another.
To up (an input) so that it is performed immediately once it is possible.
To store (data) in memory temporarily while it is awaiting processing.
To maintain the acidity of a solution near a chosen value by adding an acid or a base.
A good-humoured, slow-witted fellow, usually an elderly man.
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A dog.
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a (l) for storage
a buffer, margin for safety
a buffer (gloss)

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