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baud

Pronunciation: /bɔːd/
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Definition of baud

noun (plural same or bauds)

Computing & Telecommunications
  • a unit of transmission speed equal to the number of times a signal changes state per second. For signals with only two possible states one baud is equivalent to one bit per second.

Origin:

1930s: coined in French from the name of Jean M. E. Baudot (1845–1903), French engineer who invented a telegraph printing system

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