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> baud seems out of fashion, sym/s is pretty clear & unambiguous. Huh? Baud is sym/s.

• eqvinox 1y ago
  Yes, that was the implication, but I've been getting the impression that using baud is kinda unpopular compared to using sym/s.
  • throwway120385 1y ago
    A lot of people think that baud rate represents bits per second, which it only does in systems where the symbol set is binary. People got it from RS232.
    • rbanffy 1y ago
      IIRC, modems never went much beyond 2400 baud. Everything past that was clever modulation packing more bits onto a single symbol.
      • guerrilla 1y ago
        Huh, I never thought of it that way but you're right.