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Meaning of buffer underrun | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

A state occurring when a buffer used to communicate between two devices or processes is fed with data at a lower speed than the data is being read from it.

Equivalents

Deutsch Pufferunterlauf

Examples

“One problem with on-the-fly copying is that you risk buffer underrun, which occurs when the CD or DVD drive doing the burning doesn't receive a continuous stream of data.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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