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The correct spelling is buffer.
How to pronounce buffer
/ˈbafə(ɹ)/
adjectiveIPA: /ˈbafə(ɹ)/
Say it like: Buf-fer
The correct spelling is buffer. Of the color of buff leather, a brownish yellow. For example: "The bouncer was a big, buff dude with tattoos, a shaved head, and a serious scowl."
Usage Examples
“The bouncer was a big, buff dude with tattoos, a shaved head, and a serious scowl.”
Meanings
adjective
- 1.Of the color of buff leather, a brownish yellow.
- 2.Unusually muscular. (also buffed or buffed out)
- 3.Physically attractive.
noun
- 1.Someone or something that buffs.
- 2.A solution used to stabilize the pH (acidity) of a liquid.
- 3.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.
- 4.(mechanical) Anything used to maintain slack or isolate different objects.
- 5.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.
verb
- 1.To use a buffer or buffers; to isolate or minimize the effects of one thing on another.
- 2.To store data in memory temporarily.
- 3.To maintain the acidity of a solution near a chosen value by adding an acid or a base.
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