FinnHun Finnish-Hungarian-English on-line dictionary and thesaurus

n Someone or something that buffs.

n (chemistry) A solution used to stabilize the pH (acidity) of a liquid.

n (computing) 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.

n (mechanical) Anything used to maintain slack or isolate different objects.

n (telecommunications) 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.

n (rail) A device on trains and carriages designed to cushion the impact between them.

n (rail) The metal barrier to help prevent trains from running off the end of the track.

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

n (politics|international relations) A buffer zone (such as a demilitarized zone) or a buffer state.

n (colloquial) A good-humoured, slow-witted fellow, usually an elderly man.

n (figurative) A gap that isolates or separates two things.

v To use a buffer or buffers; to isolate or minimize the effects of one thing on another.

v (computing) To store data in memory temporarily.

a (comparative of|buff)