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Article #1275Re: Q: Are the Baud Rate and BPS same?
From: Forest Edward Wilkinson
Date: Fri, 28 Aug 1992 19:34
Date: Fri, 28 Aug 1992 19:34
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In article <1992Aug28.155701.218@news2.cis.umn.edu> smahn@vx.cis.umn.edu (Seokmin Ahn) writes: >The advertisement about modems confused me about Baud rate and BPS. A baud is a change in the state of either carrier tone on a modem connection. It is often mistaken for "Bits Per Second" (bps), which is the actual rate at which data is transfered on a modem connection. Many people use the two terms interchangably. If someone says they have a 9600 baud modem, they probably mean 9600 bits per second, as true 9600 baud is not feasible on the telephone lines of today. Come to think of it, unless you are engaged in a very technically accurate conversation, it's pretty safe to assume that when people say "baud" they mean "bits per second". For more information, check out comp.dcom.modems. -- Forest Edward Wilkinson forest@soda.berkeley.edu
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