Mueen Nawaz wrote:
> 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>

Hey, I worked for the guy who invented the 9600 bps modem. I had to be 
picky. :-)

>     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.

Probably. The symbol is the smallest unit at the physical layer.

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

Yes, incorrectly so. :-) I still talk about 9600baud modems, unless i'm 
being picky

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   Darren New, San Diego CA, USA (PST)
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