Baud Definition

bôd
noun
A unit of data transfer speed equal to one change in a carrier signal per second. Since most data transmission schemes transfer more than one bit of data with each change in the carrier signal, one baud is usually equal to several bits per second.
American Heritage
A unit of signaling speed in telegraphic code.
Webster's New World
A unit of data-transmission speed equal to the number of changes per second in a signal.
Webster's New World
The number of bits per second transmitted in a given computer system.
Webster's New World

(computing, telecommunications) A rate defined as the number of signalling events per second in a data transmission.

Wiktionary
Synonyms:
  • baud rate

Other Word Forms of Baud

Noun

Singular:
baud
Plural:
bauds

Origin of Baud

  • Borrowing from French baud. Named for French inventor Jean-Maurice-Émile Baudot (1845-1903).

    From Wiktionary

  • After Jean Maurice Emile Baudot (1845–1903), French engineer

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Baud Sentence Examples

  • In the US, the data is sent after the first ring tone and uses the 1200 baud Bell 202 tone modulation.

  • Each baud is equal to 4 bits per second - a 600 baud modem would process data at 2400 bits per second.

  • If the input baud rate is set to zero, the input baud rate is specified by the value of the output baud rate.

  • The input and output baud rates are stored in the termios structure.

  • The uplink is at dial-up speeds, 56k baud so sending large attachments could be a problem.

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Words Starting With

BBABAU

Words Ending With

DUDAUD

Unscrambles

baud

Words Starting With B and Ending With D

Starts With B & Ends With DStarts With BA & Ends With DStarts With B & Ends With UD

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4 Letter Words4 Letter Words Starting With B4 Letter Words Ending With D