Phrase Hound found 42 phrases and 22 compound words that contain buffer. The most common are listed below. Open buffer in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 42
- buffer overflowThe 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.
- buffer zoneA neutral area that is located between hostile forces, and is designed to prevent hostilities.
- frame bufferAlternative form of framebuffer: A video output device that drives a display from a memory buffer containing a complete frame of graphical data.
- buffer overflowsplural of buffer overflow: 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.
- buffer solutionA solution, containing a buffer, that maintains a relatively constant pH
- buffer stateA nation lying between potentially hostile nations.
- z-bufferA buffer for the purpose of tracking the relative depths of different objects in a scene and determining which are closer to the observer than others.
- buffer stopa device installed at the end of a railway line or siding, which is intended to stop trains and other rail vehicles going any further.
- w-bufferA kind of inverted z-buffer, storing inverse depth values, which has some advantages for interpolation and precision scaling.
- buffer carA nonhazardous railroad freight car in a train, typically used to separate locomotives and their crews from freight cars carrying hazardous materials.
- circular bufferA data structure that uses a single, fixed-size buffer as if it were connected end-to-end.
- riparian bufferAn 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.
- buffer beamA transverse metal beam at each end of a rail vehicle on which buffers, couplings, brake pipes etc. are mounted.
- stencil bufferA per-pixel buffer in graphics hardware, used to limit the area of rendering and to produce various other effects.
- buffer underrunA state occurring when a buffer used to communicate between two devices or processes is fed with data at a lower speed than the data is being read from it.
- back bufferA buffer used to store graphics while they are being drawn, and later copied to the display in a single operation.
- buffer solutionsplural of buffer solution: A solution, containing a buffer, that maintains a relatively constant pH
- buffer statesplural of buffer state: A nation lying between potentially hostile nations.
- buffer stockSynonym of safety stock: Additional inventory planned to buffer against the variability in supply and demand plans, that could otherwise result in inventory shortages.
- buffer stocksplural of buffer stock: Additional inventory planned to buffer against the variability in supply and demand plans, that could otherwise result in inventory shortages.
- disk bufferA buffer onboard a secondary storage device (disk) used to temporarily hold data being read from or written to it.
- G-bufferA screen space representation of geometry and material information, generated by an intermediate rendering pass in deferred shading rendering pipelines.
- gap bufferA dynamic array that allows efficient insertion and deletion operations clustered near the same location.
- ring bufferSynonym of circular buffer: A data structure that uses a single, fixed-size buffer as if it were connected end-to-end.
- shadow bufferSynonym of shadow map: A texture buffer used in shadow mapping.
Compound words 22
- framebufferA video output device that drives a display from a memory buffer containing a complete frame of graphical data.
- prebufferTo place into a buffer in preparation for later retrieval or playback.
- bufferlessWithout a buffer.
- bufferbloatExcessive buffering of packets which may cause delays (latency) or jitter (latency variation) in packet-switched networks, particularly during high load.
- bufferheadThe head of a buffer on a carriage which receives the impact.
- bufferdomThe state of being an ‘old buffer’, or a conservative, somewhat foolish old man.
- debufferTo remove a buffer from.
- rebufferOne who, or that which, rebuffs.
- bufferableCapable of being buffered.
- sidebufferA buffer mounted at the side, in particular on each side of each end of a rail vehicle.