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Security is a related term of buffer.


As nouns the difference between security and buffer

is that security is (uncountable) the condition of not being threatened, especially physically, psychologically, emotionally, or financially while buffer is someone or something that buffs.

As a verb buffer is

to use a buffer or buffers; to isolate or minimize the effects of one thing on another.

As an adjective buffer is

(buff).

security

English

(wikipedia security)

Alternative forms

* secuerity (mostly obsolete)

Noun

  • (uncountable) The condition of not being threatened, especially physically, psychologically, emotionally, or financially.
  • * Shakespeare
    • Give up yourself merely to chance and hazard, / From firm security .
  • * Jonathan Swift
    • Some alleged that we should have no security for our trade.
  • (countable) Something that secures.
  • An organization or department responsible for providing security by enforcing laws, rules, and regulations as well as maintaining order.
  • * {{quote-magazine, date=2012-12-14, author=Simon Jenkins, authorlink=Simon Jenkins
    • , volume=188, issue=2, page=23, date=2012-12-21, magazine=(The Guardian Weekly) , title= We mustn't overreact to North Korea boys' toys , passage=The threat of terrorism to the British lies in the overreaction to it of British governments. Each one in turn clicks up the ratchet of surveillance, intrusion and security . Each one diminishes liberty.}}
  • * {{quote-magazine, date=2013-06-08, volume=407, issue=8839, page=52, magazine=(The Economist)
    • , title= The new masters and commanders , passage=From the ground, Colombo’s port does not look like much. Those entering it are greeted by wire fences, walls dating back to colonial times and security posts. For mariners leaving the port after lonely nights on the high seas, the delights of the B52 Night Club and Stallion Pub lie a stumble away.}}
  • (legal) Something that secures the fulfillment of an obligation or law.
  • (legal) Freedom from apprehension.
  • (finance) Proof of ownership of stocks, bonds or other investment instruments.
  • (finance) Property etc. temporarily relinquished to guarantee repayment of a loan.
  • A guarantee.
  • * Macaulay
    • Those who lent him money lent it on no security but his bare word.
  • (obsolete) Carelessness; negligence.
  • * Shakespeare
    • He means, my lord, that we are too remiss, / Whilst Bolingbroke, through our security , / Grows strong and great in substance and in power.

    Synonyms

    * (condition of not being threatened) safety * (something that secures) protection * (something that secures the fulfillment of an obligation) guarantee, surety * See also

    Antonyms

    * insecurity (condition of being threatened )

    Derived terms

    * asset-backed security * computer security * information security * security blanket * Security Council * security by design * security hole * security procedure * security theater * security through obscurity * social security

    buffer

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Someone or something that buffs.
  • (chemistry) A solution used to stabilize the pH (acidity) of a liquid.
  • (computing) A portion of memory set aside to store data, often before it is sent to an external device or as it is received from an external device.
  • (mechanical ) Anything used to maintain slack or isolate different objects.
  • (telecommunications) A routine or storage medium used to compensate for a difference in rate of flow of data, or time of occurrence of events, when transferring data from one device to another.
  • (rail) A device on trains and carriages designed to cushion the impact between them.
  • (rail) The metal barrier to help prevent trains from running off the end of the track.
  • An isolating circuit, often an amplifier, used to minimize the influence of a driven circuit on the driving circuit.
  • (politics, international relations) A buffer zone (such as a demilitarized zone) or a buffer state.
  • (colloquial) A good-humoured, slow-witted fellow, usually an elderly man.
  • * {{quote-book, year=1864-1865
    • , author=Charles Dickens , title=Our Mutual Friend , chapter=Book The First, chapter 2 "The Man from Somewhere" citation , passage=Lastly, the looking-glass reflects Boots and Brewer, and two other stuffed Buffers interposed between the rest of the company and possible accidents.}}
  • * {{quote-book, year=1864-1865
    • , author=Charles Dickens , title=Our Mutual Friend , chapter=Book The First, chapter 10 "A Marriage Contract" citation , passage=Here, too, are Boots and Brewer, and the two other Buffers; each Buffer with a flower in his button-hole, his hair curled, and his gloves buttoned on tight, apparently come prepared, if anything had happened to the bridegroom, to be married instantly.}}
  • (figurative) A gap that isolates or separates two things.
  • * {{quote-news, year=2011
    • , date=November 10 , author=Jeremy Wilson , title=England Under 21 5 Iceland Under 21 0: match report , work=Telegraph citation , page= , passage=An utterly emphatic 5-0 victory was ultimately capped by two wonder strikes in the last two minutes from Aston Villa midfielder Gary Gardner. Before that, England had utterly dominated to take another purposeful stride towards the 2013 European Championship in Israel. They have already established a five-point buffer at the top of Group Eight. }}

    Derived terms

    * direct buffer * non-direct buffer

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To use a buffer or buffers; to isolate or minimize the effects of one thing on another.
  • (computing) To store data in memory temporarily.

    • Adjective

    (head)
  • (buff)

    • Related terms

    * bufferize * buffer lass * buffer up * buffer zone

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