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English term or phrase:buffer
Portuguese translation:buffer
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14:56 Aug 5, 2009
English to Portuguese translations [PRO]
Tech/Engineering - Computers (general)
Additional field(s): Computers: Hardware, Computers: Software
English term or phrase: buffer
Definition from WTCS.ORG:
A temporary storage place for data, designed to compensate for a difference In transmission speeds or to hold data when there is a difference in timing of events. It can be a software program, a storage facility or a hardware device, ensuring the data always has somewhere to go, even if it has to be held up for while in the buffer until it can be transmitted to the destination.

Example sentence(s):
  • Circular Buffers are use for data transfer between two processes. The Producer process places items into the Circular Buffer and the Consumer process removes them. The variable capacity of the Circular Buffer accommodates timing differences between the Producer and Consumer processes. NET Code
  • The buffer editor is one of the most unique and powerful features of the EPROM+ system. Allowing full access to the system's buffer, the editor provides you with a full screen display of the contents in both hex and ASCII formats. arlabs.com
  • It is generally accepted that On-Line Transaction Processing (OLTP) systems benefit from large database memory buffers. Portal
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buffer
Definition:
"Um buffer é uma pequena área de memória ultra-rápida usada para melhorar a velocidade de acesso a um determinado dispositivo"
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16 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +6
buffer


Definition from Guia do Hardware:
"Um buffer é uma pequena área de memória ultra-rápida usada para melhorar a velocidade de acesso a um determinado dispositivo"

Example sentence(s):
  • "Em ciência da computação, buffer é uma região de memória temporária utilizada para escrita e leitura de dados" - Wikipedia  

Explanation:
Mantenha "buffer" mesmo em portugues, nao conheco nenhuma outra forma.
Vanessa Cavalcante
United Kingdom
Local time: 16:12
Native speaker of: Native in PortuguesePortuguese
PRO pts in category: 4

Votes in favor of/against selecting this as the best translation of the term asked
Yes  Flavia Martins dos Santos
39 mins
Yes  Jonatas Damasceno: Concordo. Também não acho que haja tradução. Só conheço pelo uso como "buffer" mesmo.
2 hrs
Yes  Flavio Steffen
3 hrs
Yes  Marcos Antonio
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Yes  marina hennies
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Yes  Henrique Ulbrich: Também sou de parecer que o termo buffer deve ser mantido sem tradução. No corpo de um texto pode até ser usada a expressão armazenamento temporário, o que contribui para uma maior clareza do texto.
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