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In '''programming''' (and networking, though it may have more specific names), a buffer refers to memory used as a temporary, intermediate store before it can be delivered where it should go. | In '''programming''' (and networking, though it may have more specific names), a buffer refers to '''memory used as a temporary, intermediate store''' before it can be delivered where it should go. | ||
In '''electronics''', [[Electronics_notes_/_Inputs_and_outputs#Buffers|buffers]] mostly means not unduly loading the source. | |||
In computers, both are happening. | In computers, both are happening. | ||
Revision as of 14:57, 2 September 2023
In programming (and networking, though it may have more specific names), a buffer refers to memory used as a temporary, intermediate store before it can be delivered where it should go.
In electronics, buffers mostly means not unduly loading the source.
In computers, both are happening.