| Subject | English | German |
| tech. | buffer block | Federauflage |
| transp., mech.eng. | buffer block | Puffer |
| tech. | buffer block | Pufferklotz |
| transp., mech.eng. | buffer block | Prellbock |
| tech. | buffer block | Abstuetzblock |
| comp., MS | buffer control block | Pufferkontrollblock (An opaque structure in the cache manager that maintains state as a file system pins and releases data in the cache) |
| transp. | buffer stop block | Bremsprellbock |
| microel. | dumping of the data from block buffers to the shifter system | Umspeicherung der Daten von Blockpuffern zum Schiebesystem |