baud
noun/bɔːd/
/bɔːd/
(plural baud or bauds)
(computing)- a unit for measuring the speed at which electronic signals and information are sent from one computer to anotherWord Origin1930s: coined in French from the name of Jean M. E. Baudot (1845–1903), French engineer who invented a telegraph printing system.
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