how to pronounce buffer

/ˈbʌfɚ/

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buffer is pronounced in two syllables

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An example use of buffer in a speech by a native speaker of american english:

“… know to be factors that buffer against …”

meanings of buffer

noun:

The metal barrier to help prevent trains from running off the end of the track.
An isolating circuit, often an amplifier, used to minimize the influence of a driven circuit on the driving circuit.
A solution used to stabilize the pH (acidity) of a liquid.
Anything used to maintain slack or isolate different objects.
A machine with rotary brushes, passed over a hard floor to clean it.
A routine or storage medium used to compensate for a difference in rate of flow of data, or time of occurrence of events, when transferring data from one device to another.
A buffer zone (such as a demilitarized zone) or a buffer state.
A good-humoured, slow-witted fellow, usually an elderly man.
A gap that isolates or separates two things.
A machine for polishing shoes and boots.
A device on trains and carriages designed to cushion the impact between them.
Someone or something that buffs.
A portion of memory set aside to store data, often before it is sent to an external device or as it is received from an external device.

verb:

To use a buffer or buffers; to isolate or minimize the effects of one thing on another.
To store data in memory temporarily.
To maintain the acidity of a solution near a chosen value by adding an acid or a base.

adjective:

Comparative form of buff: more buff.

buffer frequency in english - C2 level of CEFR

the word buffer occurs in english on average 2.6 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C2 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.

topics buffer can be related to

it is hard to perfectly classify words into specific topics since each word can have many context of its use, but our machine-learning models believe that buffer can be often used in the following areas:

1) business and work;

2) transport and travel;