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National Teaching and Learning Change ProgrammeInformation and Communication Technology: Dictionary

baud

The unit used to measure the speed (the baud rate) of serial data transmission, e.g. the transmission of data along a telephone line or the speed of serial transmission to a printer. Roughly equivalent to one bit per second.

Related terms
central processing unit (CPU)processor speedbaud ratebits per second (bps)connection speedserial data transmission
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Networks and communications technology › data transmission
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