baud

[ bawd ]
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nounTelecommunications, Computers.
  1. a unit used to measure the speed of signaling or data transfer, equal to the number of pulses or bits per second: baud rate.

Origin of baud

1
First recorded in 1925–30; named after J. M. E. Baudot (1845–1903), French inventor

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baud

/ (bɔːd) /


noun
  1. a unit used to measure the speed of electronic code transmissions, equal to one unit interval per second

Origin of baud

1
C20: named after J. M. E. Baudot (1845–1903), French inventor

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