On 06/26/09 11:13, Darren New wrote:
> Mueen Nawaz wrote:
>> Think modems (the phone ones). In the old days, it was all baud. 1
>> baud is 1bit/s. It probably has stuck since.
>
> Technically, one baud is one symbol per second. A 9600bps modem is a
> 2400 baud modem with 2 symbols per baud.

	Fine, be picky.<G>

	I was taught it meant 1 cps (character per second) - which could have 
been 1 bit/s, but not necessarily. I suppose character is the same as 
your symbol.

	It's just that in all the contexts that _I've_ used it, a baud was 1bit/s.


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