buffer — buffer1 /buf euhr/, n. 1. an apparatus at the end of a railroad car, railroad track, etc., for absorbing shock during coupling, collisions, etc. 2. any device, material, or apparatus used as a shield, cushion, or bumper, esp. on machinery. 3. any … Universalium
Buffer Theory — In the late 1950s a number of European countries (most notably West Germany and France) decided on a migration policy know as the Buffer theory. Owing to rapid economic recovery in the post WWII period (aided by the American Marshall aid program) … Wikipedia
Data buffer — In computer science, a buffer is a region of a physical memory storage used to temporarily hold data while it is being moved from one place to another. Typically, the data is stored in a buffer as it is retrieved from an input device (such as a… … Wikipedia
Riparian buffer — A riparian buffer is a vegetated area near a stream, usually forested, which helps shade and partially protect a stream from the impact of adjacent land uses. It plays a key role in increasing water quality in associated streams, river, and lakes … Wikipedia
Large receive offload — In computer networking, large receive offload is a technique for increasing inbound throughput of high bandwidth network connections by reducing CPU overhead. It works by aggregating multiple incoming packets from a single stream into a larger… … Wikipedia
Data Stream Interface — The Data Stream Interface (DSI) is a session layer used to carry Apple Filing Protocol traffic over Transmission Control Protocol. Contents 1 Overview 2 Protocol 2.1 Packet structure 2.2 Commands … Wikipedia
Lynx (protocol) — Lynx is a windowed batch data transmission protocol which utilizes proven techniques of efficiency, reliability and flexibility. It was developed by Matthew Thomas in 1989.* Run length encoding data compression on a block by block basis * 32 bit… … Wikipedia
IEBus — ( Inter Equipment Bus ) is a two wire bus used in the automotive industry as a communications bus between various devices (usually multimedia devices) by using half duplex asynchronous (multi master) communication with CSMA/CD (Carrier Sense… … Wikipedia
Sinclair QL — Infobox computer Type = Personal computer Released = Start date|1984|01|12 Photo = Discontinued = April 1986 Processor = Motorola 68008 @ 7.5 MHz Memory = 128 KB (640 KB max.) OS = Sinclair QDOSThe Sinclair QL (for Quantum Leap ), was a personal… … Wikipedia
Bit slip — In digital transmission, Bit slip is the loss of a bit or bits, caused by variations in the respective clock rates of the transmitting and receiving devices. One cause of bit slippage is overflow of a receive buffer that occurs when the… … Wikipedia
Bwping — is a tool to measure bandwidth and response times between two hosts using Internet Control Message Protocol (ICMP) echo request/echo reply mechanism. It does not require any special software on remote host. The only requirement is the ability to… … Wikipedia