baud
English
Alternative forms
- Baud
Etymology
Borrowed from French baud. Named for French inventor Jean-Maurice-Émile Baudot (1845-1903).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /bɔːd/
- Rhymes: -ɔːd
Noun
baud (countable and uncountable, plural bauds)
- (computing, telecommunications) A rate defined as the number of signalling events per second in a data transmission.
- (computing, informal) bps (bits per second), regardless of how many signalling events are necessary to signal each bit.
Translations
A rate defined as the number of signalling events per second
Czech
Dibabawon Manobo
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /bo/
Etymology 1
From Old French bald (“joyous, full of ardor”), from Frankish *bald, *balt, from Proto-Germanic *balþaz (“strong, bold”) (compare English bold, Dutch boud).
Related terms
Etymology 2
Borrowed from English baud. Named for French inventor Jean-Maurice-Émile Baudot (1845-1903).
Gothic
Norwegian Nynorsk
Old French
Etymology
From Frankish *bald or similar Germanic source, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *balþaz. More at bold.
Portuguese
Noun
baud m (plural bauds)
- (computing, telecommunications) baud (a rate defined as the number of signalling events per second)
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