baud rate

  • 11Automatic baud rate detection — (ABR, autobaud) refers to the process by which a receiving device (such as a modem) determines the speed, code level, and stop bits of incoming data by examining the first character, usually a preselected sign on character. ABR allows the… …

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  • 12baud — aud (b[add]d or b[^o]d), n. [Named after J. M. E. Baudot, a French inventor, died 1903.] (Computers, telecommunications) A unit of transmission speed for information conveyed over a digital communications channel, usually taken as equal to the… …

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  • 13Baud — In telecommunications and electronics, baud (pronEng|ˈbɔːd, unit symbol Bd ) is synonymous to symbols/s or pulses/s . It is the unit of symbol rate, also known as baud rate or modulation rate ; the number of distinct symbol changes (signalling… …

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  • 14baud — (Bd)    a unit used in engineering for measuring the rate of data transmissionover telegraph or telephone lines. The baud rate is the number of distinctsymbols transmitted per second, that is, the number of times per second thesignal carrying the …

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  • 15baud — /bawd/, n. Telecommunications. a unit used to measure the speed of signaling or data transfer, equal to the number of pulses or bits per second: baud rate. [1925 30; named after J. M. E. Baudot (1845 1903), French inventor] * * * …

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  • 16baud — [[t]bɔd[/t]] n. cmp tgp a unit used to measure the speed of signaling or data transfer, equal to the number of pulses or bits per second: baud rate[/ex] • Etymology: 1925–30; after J.M.E. Baudot (1845–1903), French inventor …

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  • 17baud —    A measurement of data transmission speed. Originally used in measuring the speed of telegraph equipment, it now usually refers to the data transmission speed of a modem or other serial device.    See also baud rate …

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  • 18baud — noun /bɔːd/ a) A rate defined as the number of signalling events per second in a data transmission. b) Synonym for bps (bits per second), regardless of how many signalling events are necessary to signal each bit …

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  • 19BAUD — (transmission Rate Of A Communications Channel Or Device) (Governmental » Military) …

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  • 20baud — A unit that measures the rate at which information is transmitted along a communications link. In normal computer usage, it is equivalent to bits per second (see binary notation). Thus, a 300 band communications link sends 300 bits of information …

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