baud
noun
ˈbȯd 
ˈbäd,
British ˈbōd
plural baud also bauds
: a variable unit of data transmission speed (such as one bit per second)
Example Sentences
Recent Examples on the Web Text messages often go as slow as 20 baud, or 20 bits per second. 
Jim Clash, Forbes, 20 Mar. 2021 Patterson and Lord then recorded their band’s music in MP2 format, translated the file into an ASCII test file, broke that into 26 separate pieces and spent about an hour uploading the pieces of music to the Internet using a 14.4 baud modem. Brad King, WIRED, 9 Feb. 2001
Jim Clash, Forbes, 20 Mar. 2021 Patterson and Lord then recorded their band’s music in MP2 format, translated the file into an ASCII test file, broke that into 26 separate pieces and spent about an hour uploading the pieces of music to the Internet using a 14.4 baud modem. Brad King, WIRED, 9 Feb. 2001 Word History
Etymology
baud (telegraphic transmission speed unit), from J. M. E. Baudot †1903 French inventor
First Known Use
1931, in the meaning defined above