suffer

v 1: be subjected to; "He suffered the penalty" [syn: {endure}]

[ant: {enjoy}]

2: of injuries and illnesses: "She suffered a fracture in the

accident"; "He had an insulin shock after eating three

candy bars"; "She got a bruise on her leg"; "He got his

arm broken in the scuffle" [syn: {sustain}, {have}, {get}]

3: endure emotional pain

4: put up with something or somebody unpleasant; "I cannot bear

his constant criticism"; "The new secretary had to endure

a lot of unprofessional remarks" [syn: {endure}, {stomach},

{bear}, {stand}, {tolerate}, {brook}, {abide}, {put up}]

5: get worse; "His grades suffered"

6: feel pain or be in pain [syn: {hurt}] [ant: {be well}]

7: feel pain [syn: {hurt}, {ache}]

8: feel unwell or under the weather, look green about the gills

9: undergo or suffer; "meet a violent death"; "suffer a

terrible fate" [syn: {meet}]

10: be very uncomfortable; "We really suffered during the long

speeches"

buffer

1. An area of memory used for storing messages. Typically, a

buffer will have other attributes such as an input pointer

(where new data will be written into the buffer), and output

pointer (where the next item will be read from) and/or a count

of the space used or free. Buffers are used to decouple

processes so that the reader and writer may operate at

different speeds or on different sized blocks of data.

There are many different algorithms for using buffers, e.g.

first-in first-out (FIFO or shelf), last-in first-out (LIFO or

stack), double buffering (allowing one buffer to be read while

the other is being written), cyclic buffer (reading or writing

past the end wraps around to the beginning).

2. An electronic device to provide compatibility between two

signals, e.g. changing voltage levels or current capability.