APA Dictionary of Psychology
buffer
- n. an irrelevant item interspersed between others in a test or experiment. For example, a buffer may be a question that is not scored and is introduced only to separate or disguise other items.
- n. a temporary store in memory. For example, short-term memory is a buffer.
- vb. see buffering.
Updated on 04/19/2018
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