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/bɔːd/
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/bɔd/
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rhymes with -ɔːd
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homophone: bawd
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homophone: board
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homophone: bored (non-rhotic)
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CMU ARPABET:
B AO1 D
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A unit of data transmission symbol rate; the number of signalling events per second.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: communications, computing, electrical-engineering, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences, telecommunications
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Antonyms: none provided
bps (bits per second), regardless of how many bits are represented by each symbol.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, informal, uncountable
Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences
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(computer science) a data transmission rate (bits/second) for modems
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: baud rate
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: information measure
Borrowed from French baud. Named for French inventor Jean-Maurice-Émile Baudot (1845-1903).
Across languages
Translations 27 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Arabic :
بَاوْد
(bāwd)
— A rate defined as the number of signalling events per second
Belarusian :
бод
(bod)
— A rate defined as the number of signalling events per second
Bulgarian :
бод
(bod)
— A rate defined as the number of signalling events per second
Chinese Mandarin :
波特
(bōtè)
— A rate defined as the number of signalling events per second
Chinese Mandarin :
鮑 /鲍
(bāo)
— A rate defined as the number of signalling events per second
Czech :
baud
— A rate defined as the number of signalling events per second
Esperanto :
baŭdo
— A rate defined as the number of signalling events per second
Finnish :
baudi
— A rate defined as the number of signalling events per second
French :
baud
— A rate defined as the number of signalling events per second
German :
Baud
— A rate defined as the number of signalling events per second
Greek :
μπωντ
(bont)
— A rate defined as the number of signalling events per second
Hebrew :
באוד
— A rate defined as the number of signalling events per second
Hindi :
बॉड
(bŏḍ)
— A rate defined as the number of signalling events per second
Icelandic :
bot
— A rate defined as the number of signalling events per second
Icelandic :
baud
— A rate defined as the number of signalling events per second
Icelandic :
bitar á sekúndu
— A rate defined as the number of signalling events per second
Japanese :
ボー
(bō)
— A rate defined as the number of signalling events per second
Korean :
보오
(boo)
— A rate defined as the number of signalling events per second
Macedonian :
бод
(bod)
— A rate defined as the number of signalling events per second
Māori :
mokotare
— A rate defined as the number of signalling events per second
Polish :
bod
— A rate defined as the number of signalling events per second
Portuguese :
baud
— A rate defined as the number of signalling events per second
Russian :
бод
(bod)
— A rate defined as the number of signalling events per second
Serbo-Croatian :
бод
— A rate defined as the number of signalling events per second
Serbo-Croatian :
bod
— A rate defined as the number of signalling events per second
Thai :
บอด
(bòt)
— A rate defined as the number of signalling events per second
Ukrainian :
бод
(bod)
— A rate defined as the number of signalling events per second
