baud

Alternative formsEdit

• Baud

EtymologyEdit

Borrowing from French baud. Named for French inventor Jean-Maurice-Émile Baudot (1845-1903).

PronunciationEdit

• IPA^(key): /bɔːd/
• Rhymes: -ɔːd

NounEdit

baud (countable and uncountable, plural bauds)

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 termsEdit

• gigabaud
• kilobaud
• megabaud

TranslationsEdit

AnagramsEdit

• daub

EtymologyEdit

From Latin vōx, vocem, possibly influenced by vōtum.

NounEdit

baud f

1. voice

RomanizationEdit

baud

1. Romanization of 𐌱𐌰𐌿𐌳

Alternative formsEdit

• balt
• baut

EtymologyEdit

Frankish *bald.

AdjectiveEdit

baud

1. bold; brave

NounEdit

baud m (plural bauds)

1. (computing, telecommunications) baud (a rate defined as the number of signalling events per second)

AdjectiveEdit

baud (comparative mair baud, superlative maist baud)

1. bad