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baud rate. The transmission speed of a communications channel in symbols per second. Baud rate is often used to mean bits per second although technically they can be different.

broadcast network. A network that broadcasts all transmissions instead of sending from point to point. Each node then grabs the transmissions intended for them. For example, Ethernet broadcasts down its bus.

bps. Bits per second.

BSD. Berkeley Software Distribution.


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