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Definition of "baud" [baud]

  • Computer Science A unit of speed in data transmission equal to one bit per second. (noun)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "baud" in a sentence
  • "Mutt Lange has commented to People magazine that his relationship with Marie Ann Thiébaud is absolutely not the reason [for the separation]."
  • "The policy of their chiefs has on this occasion been admired, and might surely be excused; but a pious baud is seldom produced by the cool conspiracy of many persons; and a voluntary impostor might depend on the support of the wise and the credulity of the people."
  • "Looks like Shania Twain and Robert “Mutt” Lange can’t keep their divorce private for long — only days after announcing their split comes news that Mutt Lange’s affair with Marie Ann Thiébaud is to blame."