Baud

Pronunciation

• IPA: /bɔːd/
• Rhymes: -ɔːd

Alternative forms

• Baud

Origin

Borrowing from fr baud. Named for French inventor Émile Baudot.

Full definition of baud

Noun

1. (computing, telecommunications) A rate defined as the number of signalling events per second in a data transmission.
2. (computing, informal) Synonym for bps (bits per second), regardless of how many signalling events are necessary to signal each bit.

Derived terms

• gigabaud
• kilobaud
• megabaud

Anagrams

• daub