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Older measure of the speed of digital data transmission between computers, via modems over ordinary (copper) telephone lines. The more recent and more common measure is bits-per-second (bps). Named after the French telecommunications pioneer and inventor of the teleprinter, J. M. E. Baudot (1845-1903).
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Baud (Bd) is in the Computer Hardware, Software, & Security, Data Management, Communications, & Networks, Information Science & Technology and Internet & World Wide Web subjects.
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