What is the difference between baud, bit and byte?

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What is the difference between baud, bit and byte?

2006-10-09 10:47:28 · 3 answers · asked by Mary 5 in Computers & Internet ➔ Computer Networking

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Baud- the rate of data transmission; it is based on the number of signal elements transmitted in a second.

Bit-- this is a contraction of the term Binary digIT, ans it is a number in base 2, which means that it can only be a 0 or 1.

Byte-- 8 bits

2006-10-09 11:06:06 · answer #1 · answered by ladeehwk 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋

1 byte = 8 bits.

Baud = rate of bit or byte. For example, baud rate = 9600 Bit/sec.

2006-10-09 17:49:20 · answer #2 · answered by Bruce__MA 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋

A baud is usually one bit per second, whereas a byte is usually eight bits.

2006-10-09 17:51:23 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋