baud

We all remember when the Internet speed was measured in baud and experienced via screeching phone lines.

At best, the spacecraft’s two transmitters can each only send data back to Earth at a baud rate of one kilobyte per second.

It was like using a 1200 baud modem at the beginning of the Internet revolution. 2G networks in the U.S. are essentially a thing of the past and have all but disappeared in most systems.

Another few tries and I was in, connected at 2400 baud—not that I had any idea what “baud” meant.

He started out creating video games using industry antiques, writing software in Pascal and transferring data through a 300 baud modem.