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baud (Bd)

1. A unit of modulation rate.
Note: One baud corresponds to a rate of one unit interval per second, where the modulation rate is expressed as the reciprocal of the duration in seconds of the shortest unit interval.
2. A unit of signaling speed equal to the number of discrete signal conditions, variations, or events per second.
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Baudot code

A synchronous code in which five equal-length bits represent one character.
Note 1: The Baudot code, which was developed circa 1880, has been replaced by the start-stop asynchronous International Alphabet No.2 (IA No.2).
Note 2: IA No.2 is not, and should not be identified as, the Baudot code.
Note 3: The Baudot code has been widely used in teletypewriter systems.

BBE

Broadband Equipment

BBU

Baseband Unit

BCG

Broadband Content Guide

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