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bauds

bauds is the plural of baud.

Meaning of baud

Noun

baud (countable and uncountable, plural bauds)

  1. A unit of data transmission symbol rate; the number of signalling events per second.
    • To reach the Backroom Bulletin Board, call (718) 849-6699 with a computer, using either the 300 or 1200 baud setting on the modem.1985 April 13, Stephanie Poggi, “Queer Hackers”, in Gay Community News, page 2
  2. (informal) bps (bits per second), regardless of how many bits are represented by each symbol.

Questions about bauds

What is bauds the plural of?
Bauds is the plural of baud.

Words near bauds in the dictionary

  1. baudrics
  2. Baudrillardesque
  3. Baudrillardian
  4. Baudrit
  5. baudrons
  6. bauds
  7. bauer
  8. bauerenol
  9. Bauerian
  10. Bauerle
  11. Bauerles

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