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unbuffer

unbuffer verb: to release or flush from a buffer.

Verb

unbuffer (third-person singular simple present unbuffers, present participle unbuffering, simple past and past participle unbuffered)

  1. (transitive) To release or flush from a buffer.
    • We set $|=1 to unbuffer the STDERR stream, so we can immediately see the debug output generated by the program.2003, Stas Bekman, Eric Cholet, Practical mod_perl

Forms of unbuffer

third-person singular presentunbuffers
present participleunbuffering
past participleunbuffered
pastunbuffered

Origin of unbuffer

From un- + buffer.

Questions about unbuffer

What does unbuffer mean?
Unbuffer means to release or flush from a buffer.
What part of speech is unbuffer?
Unbuffer is a verb.
What is the past tense of unbuffer?
The past tense of unbuffer is unbuffered.

Words near unbuffer in the dictionary

  1. unbudged
  2. unbudgeted
  3. unbudging
  4. unbudgingly
  5. unbuffed
  6. unbuffer
  7. unbufferable
  8. unbuffered
  9. unbuffering
  10. unbuffers
  11. unbuffeted

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