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baud

American  
[bawd] / bɔd /

noun

Telecommunications, 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.


baud British  
/ bɔːd /

noun

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

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Etymology

Origin of baud

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

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We all remember when the Internet speed was measured in baud and experienced via screeching phone lines.

From Salon Jan. 19, 2023

Often The baud dipped her rail into the wash, but Bluenose, heavier and longer, stood up.

From Time Magazine Archive

He hankered, like Rimbaud, to exchange Europe's savagery for that of Africa, but unlike Rim baud, did not actually go to Africa.

From Time Magazine Archive

This also makes reading his frequented |#| |#| newsgroups a torture akin to having at 300 baud modem on a VAX.

From Big Dummy's Guide to the Internet by Electronic Frontier Foundation

At the same time, from the direction of Libya, returned spies with information that the baud of unarmed people coming toward the ravine was increasing.

From The Pharaoh and the Priest An Historical Novel of Ancient Egypt by Curtin, Jeremiah

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