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Buffered Input (delayed input) - "Means that the characters the user types are collected and stored in an area of temporary storage called a buffer" (Prata 269). This buffer is filled until a defined event happens causing the program to act on the values stored in the buffer.

References

Stephen Prata, C Primer Plus (2001) p.269