buffering

Verb

buffer (third-person singular simple present buffers, present participle buffering, simple past and past participle buffered)

1. To use a buffer or buffers; to attempt to isolate or minimize the effects of one thing or another.
   • The electronic apparatus is designed to buffer up the sorted wagons in the sidings at a speed not exceeding 4.7 m.p.h.—a particularly important provision in this yard, with its substantial traffic in whisky.1962 October, G. Freeman Allen, “The New Look in Scotland's Northern Division—II”, in Modern Railways, page 274
   1. To queue up (an input) so that it is performed immediately once it is possible.
      • Some games let you buffer jumps—if you hold the jump button mid-air, your character will jump as soon as they touch the ground.
2. (intransitive, transitive) To store (data) in memory temporarily while it is awaiting processing.
3. To maintain the acidity of a solution near a chosen value by adding an acid or a base.

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