Dictionary

baud en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /bɑd/ (cot-caught-merger)
• (Southern-England) audio
• /bɔd/ (US)
• /bɔːd/ (UK)

Etymology

Borrowed from French baud. Named for French inventor Jean-Maurice-Émile Baudot (1845-1903).

Meanings

1. (countable, uncountable) A unit of data transmission symbol rate; the number of signalling events per second.
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2. (countable, informal, uncountable) bps (bits per second), regardless of how many bits are represented by each symbol.

Forms

Deriveds

kilobaud · autobaud · terabaud · megabaud · gigabaud

Translations (27)

ko 보오 (A rate defined as the number of signalling events per second) · ru бод (A rate defined as the number of signalling events per second) · mk бод (A rate defined as the number of signalling events per second) · th บอด (A rate defined as the number of signalling events per second) · is bot (A rate defined as the number of signalling events per second) · hi बॉड (A rate defined as the number of signalling events per second) · cmn 波特 (A rate defined as the number of signalling events per second) · mi mokotare (A rate defined as the number of signalling events per second) · is bitar á sekúndu (A rate defined as the number of signalling events per second) · eo baŭdo (A rate defined as the number of signalling events per second) · sh бод (A rate defined as the number of signalling events per second) · sh bod (A rate defined as the number of signalling events per second) · is baud (A rate defined as the number of signalling events per second) · el μπωντ (A rate defined as the number of signalling events per second) · uk бод (A rate defined as the number of signalling events per second) · he באוד (A rate defined as the number of signalling events per second) · cmn 鮑 /鲍 (A rate defined as the number of signalling events per second) · bg бод (A rate defined as the number of signalling events per second) · de Baud (A rate defined as the number of signalling events per second) · ar بَاوْد (A rate defined as the number of signalling events per second) · pt baud (A rate defined as the number of signalling events per second) · pl bod (A rate defined as the number of signalling events per second) · ja ボー (A rate defined as the number of signalling events per second) · fi baudi (A rate defined as the number of signalling events per second) · be бод (A rate defined as the number of signalling events per second) · cs baud (A rate defined as the number of signalling events per second) · fr baud (A rate defined as the number of signalling events per second)