Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. Computer Science A unit of speed in data transmission equal to one bit per second.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
Wiktionary
- n. computing, telecommunications A rate defined as the number of signalling events per second in a data transmission.
- n. computing, informal Synonym for bps (bits per second), regardless of how many signalling events are necessary to signal each bit.
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. (Computers, telecommunications) A unit of transmission speed for information conveyed over a digital communications channel, usually taken as equal to the number of bits of information transmitted per second. The speed in bauds indicates the number of signalling events per second; however, since it is necessary in most cases to transmit control information along with the data, the data signalling rate may be smaller than the baud rate.
WordNet 3.0
- n. (computer science) a data transmission rate (bits/second) for modems
Etymologies
- Borrowing from French baud. Named for French inventor Jean-Maurice-Émile Baudot (1845-1903). (Wiktionary)
- After Jean Maurice Emile Baudot (1845-1903), French engineer. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)
Examples
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“For example your 9600 bps modem was operating at 2400 baud, which is pretty much the upper limit for a telephone line.”
“Squeezing two bits into a baud was a pretty remarkable thing at the time.”
“These speeds are selectable in hardware by appropriate wiring of a chip called a baud-rate generator.”
“(The baud is the measure of speed of data transmission: specifically, it refers to the number of signal level changes per second and is thus not the same as bits-per-second.)”
“From analog modems (remember baud rates?) to DSL to Cable to FIOS, people routinely (and happily) pay a premium for bandwidth, but they absolutely hate to pay for content.”
“I used a JCat modem on my old Atari 400 – 300 baud was the FAST setting.”
“I considered it a real honor when they asked me to join the baud.”
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