Associations to the word «Baud»

Wiktionary

BAUD, noun. (computing) (telecommunications) A rate defined as the number of signalling events per second in a data transmission.
BAUD, noun. (computing) (informal) Synonym for bps (bits per second), regardless of how many signalling events are necessary to signal each bit.

Dictionary definition

BAUD, noun. (computer science) a data transmission rate (bits/second) for modems.

Wise words

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