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baud definition

baud (bôd)

noun

  1. a unit of signaling speed in telegraphic code
  2. Comput.
    1. a unit of data-transmission speed equal to the number of changes per second in a signal
    2. loosely the number of bits per second transmitted in a given computer system

Etymology: after J. M. E. Baudot (1845-1903), Fr inventor

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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