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From: wsineel@wsooti06.info.win.tue.nl (Eelco Vriezekolk)
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Subject: Re: Baud vs. bps.
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Date: 24 Aug 90 12:14:29 GMT
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In article <849@idcapd.idca.tds.philips.nl> lexw@idca.tds.PHILIPS.nl (Lex Wassenberg) writes:
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>Okay, in some recent articles there were these hints about the difference
>between "baud" and "bits per second". Now I for one have always thought that
>baud and bps is the same. So what's the difference? Has it something to do

As far a I know does 'baud' represent the number of *signal
changes* per second. When you use phase modulation, you could
easily trasmit two bits with one signal changes (when four
phase-changes are possible).

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