To use a buffer or buffers; to isolate or minimize the effects of one thing on another. / (computing) To store data in memory temporarily.

(colloquial) A good-humoured, slow-witted fellow, usually an elderly man.

present participle of buffer

Capable of being buffered.

present participle of bufferize

(Britain, obsolete) A young woman employed at a factory cleaning and polishing cutlery.

(chemistry) A solution, containing a buffer, that maintains a relatively constant pH

A neutral area, between hostile forces, designed to prevent hostilities. / (US) A transitional area between areas of different land use.

plural of buffer overflow

(computer security) The event when the amount of data sought to be added to a buffer exceeds the size of the buffer; generally resulting in a catastrophic error if this case has not been anticipated.