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SYMBOL RATE MEASUREMENT IN TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Baud Rate; Baudrate; Baud rate; KBaud; Symbol time; 28,800 baud; Megabaud; Gigabaud; Kilobaud (unit); KBd; MBd; GBd; Symbols per second; Symbol per second; Baud unit

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<communications, unit> /bawd/ (plural "baud") The unit in which the information carrying capacity or "signalling rate" of a communication channel is measured. One baud is one symbol (state-transition or level-transition) per second. This coincides with bits per second only for two-level modulation with no framing or stop bits. A symbol is a unique state of the communication channel, distinguishable by the receiver from all other possible states. For example, it may be one of two voltage levels on a wire for a direct digital connection or it might be the phase or frequency of a carrier. The term "baud" was originally a unit of telegraph signalling speed, set at one Morse code dot per second. Or, more generally, the reciprocal of the duration of the shortest signalling element. 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. The UK PSTN will support a maximum rate of 600 baud but each baud may carry between 1 and 16 bits depending on the coding (e.g. QAM). Where data is transmitted as packets, e.g. characters, the actual "data rate" of a channel is R D / P where R is the "raw" rate in bits per second, D is the number of data bits in a packet and P is the total number of bits in a packet (including packet overhead). The term "baud" causes much confusion and is usually best avoided. Use "bits per second" (bps), "bytes per second" or "characters per second" (cps) if that's what you mean. (1998-02-14)
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¦ noun (plural same or bauds) Computing a unit of transmission speed for electronic signals, corresponding to one information unit or event per second.
Origin
1930s: Fr., from the name of the French engineer Jean M. E. Baudot.

Wikipedia

Baud

In telecommunication and electronics, baud (; symbol: Bd) is a common unit of measurement of symbol rate, which is one of the components that determine the speed of communication over a data channel.

It is the unit for symbol rate or modulation rate in symbols per second or pulses per second. It is the number of distinct symbol changes (signalling events) made to the transmission medium per second in a digitally modulated signal or a bd rate line code.

Baud is related to gross bit rate, which can be expressed in bits per second. If there are precisely two symbols in the system (typically 0 and 1), then baud and bit per second (bit/s) are equivalent.

Pronunciation examples for baud
1. What baud?
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2. had an Olivetti terminal, a decoustacoupler 110 baud modem, so you can imagine 110 baud.
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3. a week through mostly 300 baud modems.
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4. And you'd actually have a separate 300-baud modem,
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5. ALEX GOLDMAN: Yeah, I had a 4,800 baud internal modem
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Examples of use of baud
1. Baud, of the Swiss Medical Association, agreed that the storms could trigger psychosomatic problems.
2. It (a Hewlett–Packard 120) and its entourage (thermal–paper printer and 16–baud modem) required a specialized piece of furniture that would gobble up some 2–1/2 by 5 feet of scarce real estate.
3. "The main danger of the magnetic storms is that rhythmical changes of the geomagnetic field [magnetosphere] occur in the range of 0.5 to 2 hertz," said Elena Baud, a therapist at the Swiss Medical Association in Zurich.
4. When an organism gets air that is too cold, it affects resistance and immunity to bacteria." Elena Baud, a therapist and intern at the Swiss Medical Association in Zurich, said that air conditioners are not risky, if one knows how to handle them.