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baud /bawd/ n.
[simplified from its technical meaning]
n. Bits per second. Hence kilobaud or Kbaud, thousands of bits per
second. The technical meaning is `level transitions per
second'; this coincides with bps only for two-level modulation with
no framing or stop bits. Most hackers are aware of these nuances
but blithely ignore them.
Historical note: `baud' was originally a unit of telegraph
signalling speed, set at one pulse per second. It was proposed at
the International Telegraph Conference of 1927, and named after
J.M.E. Baudot (1845-1903), the French engineer who constructed
the first successful teleprinter.
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