4 October 2018

baud

[bawd]

noun, Telecommunications.

1. a unit used to measure the speed of signaling or data transfer, equal to the number of pulses or bits per second:
baud rate.

Origin of baud

1925-1930; named after J. M. E. Baudot (1845-1903), French inventor

Can be confused

baud, bawd.

Dictionary.com

Examples from the Web for baud

Historical Examples

I didna gae slapdash to them wi’ our young bra’ bridegroom, to gar them baud up the market.
Waverley, Or ‘Tis Sixty Years Hence, Complete
Sir Walter Scott

I am sure I am no to baud out for ever against this sort of going on; but when folk’s missed, then they are moaned.’
Guy Mannering, or The Astrologer, Complete, Illustrated
Sir Walter Scott

” baud mens, sahib,” said Tippoo, clutching his forehead with one hand and bowing forward.
Motor Matt’s Clue
Stanley R. Matthews

Anagram

A bud
daub
A dub

Today’s quote

You know why we’re stuck with the myth that only black people have soul? Because white people don’t let themselves feel things.

– Janis Joplin

On this day

4 October 1669 – death of Rembrandt, famous Dutch painter. Born 15 July 1606.

4 October 1927 – commencement of Mt Rushmore sculptures near Keystone, South Dakota. It is a sculpture carved into the granite face of the mountain. The sculpture features the faces of four U.S. presidents: George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Abraham Lincoln and Theodore Roosevelt. Construction finished on 31 October 1941 because funding ran out. It was the brainchild of Doane Robinson. The carvings are 18m (60′) high and were carved by Gutzon Borglum and a team of 400 workers.

4 October 1931 – The comic strip, Dick Tracy, makes its debut in the Detroit Mirror and is distributed by the Chicago Tribune New York News syndicate. The cartoon was created by Chester Gould who continued to draw it until 1977.

4 October 1970 – death of Janis Joplin. American singer-songwriter. She was 27. Born 19 January 1943.