BAUD

baud, baud rate

(noun) (computer science) a data transmission rate (bits/second) for modems

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

baud (countable and uncountable, plural bauds)

(computing, telecommunications) A unit of data transmission symbol rate; the number of signalling events per second.

(computing, informal) bps (bits per second), regardless of how many bits are represented by each symbol.

Anagrams

• Buda, Daub, abud, daub

Source: Wiktionary



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