noun

baud

BAWD/bɔːd/

A unit of data transmission rate equal to one symbol per second.

The analyzer compares signals at four and eight baud over equal one-second intervals.

A compact data-link analyzer compares two nonperiodic, multilevel digital signals over equal one-second windows: four signal-state intervals above and eight below.

Etymology

baudFrenchsurname of a telegraph inventor

Baud honors Baudot, who designed a telegraph printing system. Its use for signal changes per second preserves its original role as a unit of telegraph transmission speed.

In context

Aaron Dahlen7:44

1 over 3.3 milliseconds which is equal to 300 baud

L 15: Digital Radio Foundations: Encoding, Baud Rate, and M-ary Constellations

More examples

A rate of one baud means one symbol per second.
The technician changes the configured baud rate.
The lesson distinguishes baud from bits transmitted per second.

Similar words

symbol rate: The explicit quantity measured in baud.