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From: denbeste@bbn.com (Steven Den Beste)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: "baud" == "bits"/"second"
Summary: Everyone is entitled to a mistake now and again, but why is it
	 always me?
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Date: 7 Jul 89 19:27:17 GMT
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Part of why I'm confused is that EVERYONE seems to use "baudrate" informally to
mean the rate at which the computer can feed bits to the modem. A "9600 baud"
modem always is reported to carry 960 10-bit characters per second - even if it
is only making 2400 transitions per second on the telephone line.