Buffer — A&V • A circuit or component which isolates one electrical circuit from another. • A digital storage device used to compensate for a difference in the rate of flow of information or the time of occurrence of events when transmitting information… … Audio and video glossary
Buffer — Buffer, Stoßballen (buffing apparatus, buffers; appareils de choc, tampons; respingenti, paraurti). B. sind an den Stirnseiten der Eisenbahnfahrzeuge angebrachte Konstruktionsteile, die den Zweck haben, die auf die Fahrzeuge nach deren… … Enzyklopädie des Eisenbahnwesens
Material requirements planning — (MRP) is a production planning and inventory control system used to manage manufacturing processes. Most MRP systems are software based, while it is possible to conduct MRP by hand as well. An MRP system is intended to simultaneously meet three… … Wikipedia
buffer — buffer1 /buf euhr/, n. 1. an apparatus at the end of a railroad car, railroad track, etc., for absorbing shock during coupling, collisions, etc. 2. any device, material, or apparatus used as a shield, cushion, or bumper, esp. on machinery. 3. any … Universalium
buffer — I. noun Etymology: origin unknown Date: 1749 slang British fellow, man; especially an old man II. noun Usage: often attributive Etymology: buff, verb, to react like a soft body when struck Date: 1835 … New Collegiate Dictionary
buffer — I buff•er [[t]ˈbʌf ər[/t]] n. 1) rai an apparatus at the end of a railroad car, railroad track, etc., for absorbing shock during coupling, collisions, etc 2) mac any device, material, or apparatus used as a shield, cushion, or bumper, esp. on… … From formal English to slang
buffer — A substance that restrains the acid migration of a material, or the act of using such a material this way. An acid free papers are often used as buffers in matting, framing, displaying, wrapping, and storing art objects … Glossary of Art Terms
Recoil buffer — A recoil buffer is a factory installed or aftermarket component of firearms which serves to reduce the velocity of and/or cushion the impact of recoilling parts of a firearm. The simplest form is just a resilient/deformable material (leather,… … Wikipedia
Object-code Buffer Overrun Evaluator — (OBOE) is a security or programming tool by R. Banfi, D. Bruschi, and E. Rosti for the automatic detection of buffer overrun vulnerabilities in object code. OBOE can be applied to operating system components as well as ordinary application… … Wikipedia
Cob (material) — Constructing a wall out of cob. Cob or cobb or clom (in Wales) is a building material consisting of clay, sand, straw, water, and earth, similar to adobe. Cob is fireproof, resistant to seismic activity,[1 … Wikipedia
защитный материал, используемый при хранении радиоактивных отходов — — [А.С.Гольдберг. Англо русский энергетический словарь. 2006 г.] Тематики энергетика в целом EN buffer material … Справочник технического переводчика