<p><strong>Noun</strong></p><ul><li>An apparatus at the end of a railroad car, railroad track, etc., for absorbing shock during coupling, collisions, etc.</li><li>Any device, material, or apparatus used as a shield, cushion, or bumper, especially on machinery.</li><li>Any intermediate or intervening shield or device reducing the danger of interaction between two machines, chemicals, electronic components, etc.</li><li>A person or thing that shields and protects against annoyance, harm, hostile forces, etc., or that lessens the impact of a shock or reversal.</li><li>Any reserve moneys, negotiable securities, legal procedures, etc., that protect a person, organization, or country against financial ruin.</li><li>Buffer state.</li><li>Ecology. An animal population that becomes the prey of a predator that usually feeds on a different species.</li><li>Computers. A storage device for temporarily holding data until the computer is ready to receive or process the data, as when a receiving unit has an operating speed lower than that of the unit feeding data to it.</li><li>Electronics. A circuit with a single output activated by one or more of several inputs.</li><li>Chemistry. Any substance or mixture of compounds that, added to a solution, is capable of neutralizing both acids and bases without appreciably changing the original acidity or alkalinity of the solution.</li><li>Also called buffer solution. A solution containing such a substance.</li></ul><p><strong>Verb (used with object)</strong></p><ul><li>To treat with a buffer.</li><li>To cushion, shield, or protect.</li><li>To lessen the adverse effect of; ease: The drug buffered his pain.</li><li>Digital Technology. To temporarily save (data) before actively accessing it so that it can be loaded at a rapid or uniform rate: You’ll get a load screen while the game buffers those high-resolution graphics.</li></ul><p><strong>End of Response</strong></p>