KEYBOARD BUFFER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does keyboard buffer mean? 

• KEYBOARD BUFFER (noun)
  The noun KEYBOARD BUFFER has 1 sense:

1. a buffer that keeps track of key strokes until the computer is ready to respond to them

  Familiarity information: KEYBOARD BUFFER used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• KEYBOARD BUFFER (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A buffer that keeps track of key strokes until the computer is ready to respond to them

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("keyboard buffer" is a kind of...):

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)