baud
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Borrowed from French baud. Named for French inventor Jean-Maurice-Émile Baudot (1845-1903).
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baud (countable and uncountable, plural bauds)
- (computing, telecommunications) A unit of data transmission symbol rate; the number of signalling events per second.
- 1985 April 13, Stephanie Poggi, “Queer Hackers”, in Gay Community News, page 2:
- To reach the Backroom Bulletin Board, call (718) 849-6699 with a computer, using either the 300 or 1200 baud setting on the modem.
- (computing, informal) bps (bits per second), regardless of how many bits are represented by each symbol.
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baud m inan
- baud (unit of rate of data transmission)
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From Latin vōx, vocem, possibly influenced by vōtum.
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baud f
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baud
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Etymology 1 edit
Inherited from Old French baud, bald (“joyous, full of ardor”), from Frankish *bald, *balt, from Proto-Germanic *balþaz (“strong, bold”) (compare English bold, Dutch boud).
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- IPA(key): /bo/
- Rhymes: -o
- Homophones: bau, bauds, baux, beau, beaux (general), bot, bots (except regionally)
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baud m (plural bauds)
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Borrowed from English baud. Named for French inventor Jean-Maurice-Émile Baudot (1845-1903).
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baud m (plural bauds)
- baud (unit)
Further reading edit
- “baud”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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baud
- Romanization of 𐌱𐌰𐌿𐌳
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baud
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baud
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From Frankish *bald or similar Germanic source, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *balþaz.
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baud m (oblique and nominative feminine singular baude)
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- Hyphenation: baud
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baud m (plural bauds)
- (computing, telecommunications) baud (a rate defined as the number of signalling events per second)
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baud
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baud (comparative mair baud, superlative maist baud)