- buffer, buffer storage, buffer store - (computer science) a part of RAM used for temporary storage of data that is waiting to be sent to a device; used to compensate for differences in the rate of flow of data between components of a computer system
--1 is a kind of memory device, storage device
--1 is a part of
--1 has particulars:random-access memory, random access memory, random memory, RAM, read/write memory cache, memory cache; frame buffer; keyboard buffer; print buffer