In telecommunications and electronics, baud (unit symbol "Bd")'s synonymous to symbol/s or pulse/s. It's the unit of symbol rate, also known as baud rate or modulation rate; the number of distinct symbol changes (signaling events) made to the transmission medium per second in a digitally modulated signal or a line code. The baud rate's related to but shouldn't be confused with gross bit rate expressed in bit/s. The symbol duration time, also known as unit interval, can be directly measured as… (More on Baud)