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Network - Baud Rate

The baud rate is the measure of the number of times an electrical signal can be switched from one state to another within a second. The faster a switch can occur, the higher the baud rate. The relationship between baud and bit transfer rates depends on the number of bit values that are encoded in a single signal. When each signal represents one bit, the bit and baud rates are equal; when a signal encodes multiple bits, the bit rate is a multiple of the baud rate. The term baud comes from Baudot, the name of a French telegraph operator who developed a five-bit encoding system in the late 19th century. This Baudot code is still used, officially known as International Telegraph Alphabet