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From: RANCK@VTVM1.BITNET ("Wm. L. Ranck")
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Subject: BPS vs. BAUD
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Date: Thu, 23-Apr-87 14:46:38 EST
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I think Geoff is re-defining Bits Per Second to mean *data* bits per
second.  That's throughput.  Start/stop bits are still part of the
raw bit rate when discussing modem speeds.
  BTW: I seem to recall that 1200bps modems actually transmit at 600 BAUD.
The carrier changes state 600 times per second but each state change
represents a 'dibit' (pronounced die-bit) thus the bit-per-second rate
is 2*BAUD.