Definitions

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  • adjective computing That operates without a hardware or software buffer
  • adjective chemistry Whose pH is not stabilized with a buffer

Etymologies

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un- +‎ buffered

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Examples

  • In particular, I was fascinated by the unexplained phenomenon of the transformation of mammalian red blood cells, suspended in unbuffered isotonic saline from discs to perfect spheres when a small drop of the suspension was placed between slide and coverglass.

    Robert F. Furchgott - Autobiography 1999

  • This is because the compiled python code need to be compiled with the "unbuffered" switch to work properly with the frontend. pyw

    random($foo) 2010

  • Using JEDEC standard schematics Super Talent developed very low profile VLP DDR3 unbuffered DIMMs for use in standard DDR3 based x86 motherboards.

    August 2009 - Fareastgizmos.com 2009

  • The 4Gb DDR3 can be produced in 16 gigabyte (GB) registered dual in-line memory modules (RDIMM) for servers, as well as 8GB unbuffered DIMM (UDIMM) for workstations and desktop PCs, and 8GB small outline DIMM (SODIMM) for laptops.

    January 2009 - Fareastgizmos.com 2009

  • We up north like our unbuffered lakes just as they are....

    Rabett Run EliRabett 2009

  • But it left her relatively unbuffered against the deaths of family and friends, visitations that progressively harrowed her.

    Emily's Ambassador Bill Christophersen 2008

  • Simplification of the landscape and destruction of riparian forests, wetlands, and estuaries allow unbuffered flows of nutrients between terrestrial and water ecosystems.

    Ecosystems and Human Well-being Synthesis~ Appendix A. Ecosystem Service Reports 2008

  • Back then, unbuffered transplants got slapped directly into the mind, an instant fuse.

    365 tomorrows » 2006 » May : A New Free Flash Fiction SciFi Story Every Day 2006

  • But then, of course, one level sentence, concrete, is unbuffered and there.

    overtaken Diary Entry overtaken 2002

  • The first was a rise in pH to over 9.0 in the unbuffered suspension, as a result of the alkaline nature of the glass surfaces (pH being measured with a semi-micro glass electrode that I constructed).

    Robert F. Furchgott - Autobiography 1999

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