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 +The speed of a modem, or other serial device, attached to and communicating with a computer. Specifically,​ the number of times per second a communications channel changes the carrier signal it sends on the phone line. A 14400-baud modem changes the signal 14400 times a second. A variable unit of data transmission speed (as one baud per second). Often confused with bits per second (BPS). They are technically different measurements.
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