What is the difference between buffering and queuing?

A buffer holds data in transit. A queue is a list of things to do.

1. What is the difference between buffer and queue?
2. Is a queue a buffer?
3. What is the difference between FIFO and buffer?
4. What is buffering in operating system?

What is the difference between buffer and queue?

We use "store queue" to refer to storage that holds stores' values prior to retirement and "store buffer" to refer to storage containing retired store values prior to their release to memory.

Is a queue a buffer?

A queue is a set of first-in, first-out (FIFO) buffers that buffer packets on the data path. QoS associates queues with a traffic class/interface pair. For example, if you create 4000 IP interfaces and configure each interface with four traffic classes, then 16,000 queues are created.

What is the difference between FIFO and buffer?

A FIFO (first in first out) is simply a number of buffers, that form a queue. The first item to arrive in the queue is the first to leave. This is handled by hardware, so that you don't have to trigger an interrupt to service each and every CAN message.

What is buffering in operating system?

Buffering is an act of storing data temporarily in the buffer. It helps in matching the speed of the data stream between the sender and the receiver.