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buffer

1. 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.

2. n. a temporary store in memory. For example, short-term memory is a buffer.

3. vb. see buffering.

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