baud

Meaning

  1. A unit of data transmission symbol rate; the number of signalling events per second.
  2. (informal) bps (bits per second), regardless of how many bits are represented by each symbol.

Synonyms

baud rate

baud unit pulse

Pronounced as (IPA)
/bɔːd/
Etymology

Borrowed from French baud. Named for French inventor Jean-Maurice-Émile Baudot (1845-1903).

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