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pause buffer

pause buffer verb: to rapidly pause and unpause a video game to gain an advantage, such as planning inputs while the game is paused.

Verb

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

  1. To rapidly pause and unpause a video game to gain an advantage, such as planning inputs while the game is paused.

Forms of pause buffer

third-person singular presentpause buffers
present participlepause buffering
past participlepause buffered
pastpause buffered

Origin of pause buffer

From pause + buffer.

Words formed from pause buffer

Questions about pause buffer

What does pause buffer mean?
Pause buffer means to rapidly pause and unpause a video game to gain an advantage, such as planning inputs while the game is paused.
What part of speech is pause buffer?
Pause buffer is a verb.
What is the past tense of pause buffer?
The past tense of pause buffer is pause buffered.

Words near pause buffer in the dictionary

  1. Pausanias
  2. pausation
  3. pausations
  4. pause
  5. pause ad
  6. pause buffer
  7. pause buffered
  8. pause buffering
  9. pause bufferings
  10. pause buffers
  11. pause mark

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