(ecology) An area of vegetation around a body of water that gives benefits to the ecosystem in the body of water. It can provide shade, a food source, and a buffer against pollution from outside sources.

(programming) A dynamic array that allows efficient insertion and deletion operations clustered near the same location.

plural of buffer stop

(rail transport, UK) a device installed at the end of a railway line or siding, which is intended to stop trains and other rail vehicles going any further.

(finance) The system by which an individual can protect their assets in the event of market unpredictability immediately following retirement.

plural of buffer rodeo

(humorous) A game in which a person sits or stands on a machine for buffing floors and tries to stay on top of it for as long as possible while it is activated.

(rail transport) A transverse metal beam at each end of a rail vehicle on which buffers, couplings, brake pipes etc. are mounted.

plural of buffer beam

(computer graphics) A screen space representation of geometry and material information, generated by an intermediate rendering pass in deferred shading rendering pipelines.