Buffers Glossary
Browse 4 buffers terms defined in plain English, from the cultural dictionary of computing.
4 Buffers Terms
- Buffer Management
- The handling of temporary in-memory storage used while reading, writing, or transforming data streams. Good buffer management balances throughput, latency, and...
- Buffer Size
- The amount of data a buffer is configured to hold before data is flushed, processed, or blocked. Buffer size affects throughput, latency, memory usage, and...
- Circular Buffer
- A fixed-size buffer that reuses storage in a wraparound fashion, treating the end of the buffer as connected to the beginning. Circular buffers are useful for...
- Flush
- To force buffered data, queues, or in-memory state to be written out or cleared, often used casually in debugging and systems work. In engineering slang, 'just...
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