baud
Valid in Scrabble
- Scrabble points
- 7
- Words With Friends
- 9
- Letters
- 4
/bɔːd/(UK)
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/bɔːd/(UK) · /bɔd/(US) · /bɑd/
Definition of baud
2 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included
noun
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(countable, uncountable)A unit of data transmission symbol rate; the number of signalling events per second.
“To reach the Backroom Bulletin Board, call (718) 849-6699 with a computer, using either the 300 or 1200 baud setting on the modem.”
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noun
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(countable, uncountable)A unit of data transmission symbol rate; the number of signalling events per second.
“To reach the Backroom Bulletin Board, call (718) 849-6699 with a computer, using either the 300 or 1200 baud setting on the modem.”
- (countable, informal, uncountable)bps (bits per second), regardless of how many bits are represented by each symbol.
Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.
Etymology
Borrowed from French baud. Named for French inventor Jean-Maurice-Émile Baudot (1845-1903).
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