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buff·er 1

 (bŭf′ər)
n.
1. One that buffs, especially a piece of soft leather or cloth used to shine or polish.
2. A buffing wheel.

buff·er 2

 (bŭf′ər)
n.
1. Something that lessens or absorbs the shock of an impact.
2. One that protects by intercepting or moderating adverse pressures or influences: "A sense of humor ... may have served as a buffer against the ... shocks of disappointment" (James Russell Lowell).
3. Something that separates potentially antagonistic entities, as an area between two rival powers that serves to lessen the danger of conflict.
4. Chemistry A solution that resists a change in acidity when an acid or base is added to it, or a substance that facilitates this resistance.
5. Computers A device or area used to store data temporarily.
tr.v. buff·ered, buff·er·ing, buff·ers
1. To act as a buffer for or between.
2. Chemistry To treat (a solution) with a buffer.
3. Computers To hold or collect (data) in a buffer.
[Probably from obsolete buff, to make a sound like a soft body being hit, of imitative origin.]
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buffered

adj amortiguado
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(2) An energy storage mechanism: the solid backfill materials must be buffered, which means that the kinetic energy must be converted into other forms of energy that can be dissipated.
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where B(t - 1) represents buffered data at time t - 1, T (t - 1) is the server sending rate at the time interval [t - 1, t], and the C(t - 1, t) is the amount of data stream consumed by receivers' playback at the time interval [t - 1, t].
A cost-effective rate control for streaming video for wireless portable devices
Additionally, comparison between shallow and deep dissolved organic C and N[O.sub.3]-N data suggest that higher dissolved organic C concentrations result in lower N[O.sub.3]-N levels within the buffered area (see Figures 4 and 6).
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