Danny, at 18:39 on Oct 11 1996, you wrote to Kris Roebuck...

KR> Could someone explain to me the difference between baud 
KR> rates and bps.  I'm told that they have different meanings, 
KR> but no-one will tell me why. 

DK> There really isn't a difference. 

Crap.  Baud and bits-per-second have COMPLETELY different meanings.

DK> Baud is actually the name of some guy who was in the datacoms field a while 
DK> ago. 

Wrong again.  His name was Baudot.

DK> BPS stands for bits per second.  Baud rate is just another way of
DK> saying BPS rate.

Not having a real good day, are you?  Baud relates to the number of STATE
changes per second (whether it be frequency, amplitude, voltage, or phase),
whilst there can be several bits per baud at higher signalling rates.  For
example, 33600 bits-per-second requires a baud (symbol) rate of 3429.  

Spot the difference yet?

Regards, Bill
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