Buffer vs. Puffer

Buffernoun

Someone or something that buffs.

Buffernoun

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

Buffernoun

(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.

Buffernoun

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

Buffernoun

(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.

Buffernoun

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

Buffernoun

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

Buffernoun

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

Buffernoun

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

Buffernoun

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

Buffernoun

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

Bufferverb

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

Bufferverb

(computing) To store data in memory temporarily.

Bufferverb

(chemistry) To maintain the acidity of a solution near a chosen value by adding an acid or a base.

Buffernoun

An elastic apparatus or fender, for deadening the jar caused by the collision of bodies; as, a buffer at the end of a railroad car.

Buffernoun

One who polishes with a buff.

Buffernoun

A wheel for buffing; a buff.

Buffernoun

A good-humored, slow-witted fellow; - usually said of an elderly man.

Buffernoun

a substance or mixture of substances which can absorb or neutralize a certain quantity of acid or base and thus keep the degree of acidity or alkalinity of a solution (as measured by pH) relatively stable. Sometimes the term is used in a medical context to mean antacid.

Buffernoun

a data storage device or portion of memory used to temporarily store input or output data until the receiving device is ready to process it.

Buffernoun

any object or person that shields another object or person from harm, shock, or annoyance; as, the President's staff is his buffer from constant interruptions of his work.

Bufferverb

to add a buffer{5} to (a solution), so as to reduce unwanted fluctuation of acidity.

Buffernoun

an ionic compound that resists changes in its pH

Buffernoun

an inclined metal frame at the front of a locomotive to clear the track

Buffernoun

(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

Buffernoun

a power tool used to buff surfaces

Buffernoun

a cushion-like device that reduces shock due to contact

Buffernoun

an implement consisting of soft material mounted on a block; used for polishing (as in manicuring)

Bufferverb

add a buffer (a solution);

Bufferverb

protect from impact;

Puffernoun

Someone or something that puffs.

Puffernoun

Any of several poisonous fish, of the family Tetraodontidae, which have the ability to inflate their bodies when in danger.

Puffernoun

A manually-operated inhaler.

Puffernoun

A train; a locomotive, usually one that is steam-powered.

Puffernoun

A Clyde puffer, a kind of small ship.

Puffernoun

(slang) A car left idling to warm up, emitting steam from the rear.

Puffernoun

(fashion) An insulated puffy jacket, such as a down jacket.

Puffernoun

(dated) A person who gives exaggerated praise to a product, literary work, etc.

Puffernoun

One who is employed by the owner or seller of goods sold at auction to bid up the price; a by-bidder.

Puffernoun

(derogatory) An alchemist; so named from their constant attendance to the bellows of their furnaces.

Puffernoun

The common, or harbour, porpoise.

Puffernoun

A kier used in dyeing.

Puffernoun

(glassblowing) A soffietta.

Puffernoun

(cellular automata) A finite pattern that moves like a spaceship but leaves a trail of debris.

Puffernoun

One who puffs; one who praises with noisy or extravagant commendation.

Puffernoun

One who is employed by the owner or seller of goods sold at suction to bid up the price; a by-bidder.

Puffernoun

Any plectognath fish which inflates its body, as the species of Tetrodon and Diodon of the family Tetraodontidae; - called also blower, puff-fish, swellfish, and globefish. They are highly poisonous due to the presence of glands containing a potent toxin, tetrodotoxin. Nevertheless they are eaten as a delicacy in Japan, being prepared by specially licensed chefs who remove the poison glands.

Puffernoun

A kier.

Puffernoun

delicacy that is highly dangerous because of a potent nerve poison in ovaries and liver

Puffernoun

any of numerous marine fishes whose elongated spiny body can inflate itself with water or air to form a globe; several species contain a potent nerve poison; closely related to spiny puffers