meuchen@grad2.cis.upenn.edu (Paul Eric Menchen) (02/18/90)
In article <1990Feb17.130612.1828@chinet.chi.il.us> magik@chinet.chi.il.us (Ben Liberman) writes: >Baud = bits/second. Usually (8 bits/char., no parity bit, 1 stop bit, 1 start >bit) there are 10 bits in every character sent, so No, baud is not synonymous with bps! Baud refers to the number of signal changes per second. BPS is bits per second. If your signal contains only one bit, the bps and baud of the modem will be the same, but this is not always so. It is possible to encode more than one bit in a signal change. The V.32 standard for 9600 bps modems runs at 2400 baud and four bits in each signal change. For 2400 bps there are a number of standards. The Bell 201 released in 1961 runs at 1200 baud, the V.22bis runs at 600, and V.26ter runs at 1200 baud. All of these last three are 2400 bps, however. Paul Eric Menchen meuchen@grad1.cis.upenn.edu