baud
Pronunciation: /bɔːd/
The English word “baud” has 2 meanings listed here.
noun
- A unit of data transmission symbol rate; the number of signalling events per second.
- bps (bits per second), regardless of how many bits are represented by each symbol.
Etymology
Borrowed from French baud. Named for French inventor Jean-Maurice-Émile Baudot (1845-1903).
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