baud
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of baud
First recorded in 1925–30; named after J. M. E. Baudot (1845–1903), French inventor
Vocabulary lists containing baud
Computer Science and Technology - Middle School
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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
However, psychology will accept such unauthenticated narratives, and yet will scoff at first baud, duly corroborated testimony from living and honourable people, about recent events.
From The Making of Religion by Andrew Lang
From the back of the head a conspicuous baud of curly, dark-brown hair extends back like a mane along the neck and to the top of the hump, beyond which it soon fades out.
From The Extermination of the American Bison by William Temple Hornaday
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