baud.
A unit of data transmission symbol rate; the number of signalling events per second.
Meaning & usage
A unit of data transmission symbol rate; the number of signalling events per second.
bps (bits per second), regardless of how many bits are represented by each symbol.
Where this word comes from
Borrowed from French baud. Named for French inventor Jean-Maurice-Émile Baudot (1845-1903).
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