" buffer "

[Noun]  | "buff*er" | \ ˈbə-fər \

1: any of various devices or pieces of material for reducing shock or damage due to contact

2: a means or device used as a cushion against the shock of fluctuations in business or financial activity

3: something that serves as a protective barrier: such as

Origin: 1835 ;

 Buff, verb, to react like a soft body when struck;

[Noun]  | "buffer" 

1: someone or something that buffs; especially : a machine that cleans and polishes

Origin: 1854 ;

[Noun]  | "buffer" 

1: fellow, man; especially : an old man

Origin: 1749 ;

 Origin unknown;

[Noun]  | "buffer state" 

1: a usually neutral state lying between two larger potentially rival powers

Origin: 1883 ;

[Noun]  | "buffer zone" 

1: a neutral area separating conflicting forces; broadly : an area designed to separate

Origin: 1908 ;

[Verb]  | "buffer" 

1: to lessen the shock of : cushion

2: to treat (something, such as an acid solution) with a buffer; also : to prepare (aspirin) with an antacid

3: to collect (data) in a buffer

Origin: 1845 ;

[Noun]  | "buffer" 

[Verb]  | "buffer"