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

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats