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 or similar Germanic source.

§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