Re: another one bites the dust.

From: Jim Reardon <jim_at_amusive.com>
Date: Thu 30 Aug 2001 13:01:08 -0500

JIM CARLINI <carlini_at_nwu.edu> WROTE:

>FACT ONE: CORRECT TERMINOLOGY (AND I HOPE ALL OF YOU
>READ THIS)

>There is NO such thing as 9600 BAUD. It's 9600 bits per
>second. This is one of the most common pieces of mis-
>information out there that so many pseudo-experts in
>this "business" spew out. Think how dumb you look when
>you say 9600 BAUD. To anyone (worth anything) in the
>networking business, you have just lost ALL of your
>credibility. Forget talking about anything more complex
>like broadband or fiber optic connectivity, it is clear
>you don't know what you're talking about.

Actually, you're wrong. My dictionary says this:


baud (b=F4d)
n. Computer Science
A unit of speed in data transmission equal to one bit
per second

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