pigmy
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variant spelling of Pygmy.
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Online searching at 9600 baud.
Magazine article from: Online; 11/1/1991; ; 700+ words
; ...technology have brought the cost of 9600 baud modems within the reach of most librarians...searching is still conducted at 1200 or 2400 baud, considerable costs savings can occur...connect charges by switching to the higher baud rate. Searches run at 9600 baud appear...
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Use a PIC for automatic baud-rate detection. (design ideas).
Magazine article from: EDN; 8/22/2002; ; 700+ words
; AUTOMATIC BAUD-RATE DETECTION is desirable in many applications...itself to a simple and easily implemented automatic baud-detection scheme. The PIC-18FXX2 data sheet defines the following baud rate in bits per second: (1) X = ([F.sub...
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NewsNet adds 2400-baud rates.
PR Newswire; 5/25/1984; 700+ words
; ...specialized business news, went on line in 1982, 300-baud (bits per second) modems dominated the telecommunications...years later, NewsNet has almost as many 1,200-baud users as 300-baud users. The trend toward faster modems is not stopping...
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9600-baud modems rocket users to electronic-bulletin-board heaven. (includes related article on an engineers network via a BBS) (EDN-Hands On!)(special supplement)
Magazine article from: EDN; 6/10/1993; ; 700+ words
; ...systems (BBSs). And, some advanced, 9600-baud, error-correction, data-compressing modems...Having had the pleasure of communicating at 9600 baud, I will never, ever go back to 2400 baud. Screens of text appear in a flash. Files that...
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Use power line for baud-rate generation.
Magazine article from: EDN; 8/16/2001; ; 700+ words
; ...application requires a stable clock source for baud-rate generation or event timing. In...clock source and use it to calibrate a baud-rate generator or event timer. One source...internal RC oscillator and calibrate the baud rate. The PIC16F627 flash microcontroller...
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Baud Telecom Company Implements Oracle(R) Communications Billing and Revenue Management to Launch Next-Generation Services.
PR Newswire; 9/13/2007; 700+ words
; ...FirstCall/ -- Oracle today announced that Baud Telecom Company, a leading Middle East...region. Headquartered in Saudi Arabia, Baud Telecom chose Oracle for its flexibility...bin/prnh/20020718/ORCLLOGO) "Baud Telecom is offering today's customers...
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A baudy topic: Bits, baud, coding and politics; * What does IBM have to do with DSL?(Digital subscriber line)
Magazine article from: Network World; 2/23/2006; ; 700+ words
; ...it all has to do with bits, bauds, coding and politics. In common...bits per second" and "baud" are often used interchangeably...of a 56Kbps modem as a 56-K baud modem. Bits per second are...But, in a literal sense, "baud" refers to the number of changes...
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New modems faster than ever before. (International Telegraph and Telephone Consultative Committee issues V.32terbo standard for 16,800-baud and 19,200-baud modems) (The Boardwalk) (Column)
Magazine article from: Computer Shopper; 9/1/1993; ; 700+ words
; ...in modems boosts the top standard speed from 14.4K baud to 19.2K baud. In some cases, the corresponding boost in price is a meager $60 to $80 over the price of a 14.4K-baud modem. Brace yourself for an attack by a new killer...
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GEnie service cuts prime time rate for 300, 1200 and 2400 baud access to only $18 per hour.. (General Electric Information Services Co.)
PR Newswire; 4/3/1989; 700+ words
; ...PRIME TIME RATE FOR 300, 1200 AND 2400 BAUD ACCESS TO ONLY $18/HOUR ROCKVILLE...time access rate for 300, 1200 and 2400 baud speeds will be reduced to only $18/hour...The prime time rate for 300 and 1200 baud access to GEnie is dropping from $35...
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Idaho Inventors Develop Auto Baud System
News Wire article from: US Fed News Service, Including US State News; 3/12/2008; 451 words
; ...both of Boise, Idaho, have developed an auto baud system. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In an auto baud system and method, the baud rates between two communicating devices are synchronized...
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baud
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
baud , measure of the rate at which signals are...g., in computer input/output, 2400 baud equals 2400 bits per second (bps) if each...modems permit the encoding of several bits per baud. A 9600-bps modem that operates at 2400...
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baud rate
Book article from: A Dictionary of Computing
baud rate The number of times per second that a system, especially...changes state. In the particular case of a binary channel, the baud rate is equal to the bit rate, i.e.1 baud = 1 bit per second In the general case, however, the baud...
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Baud, Benjamim
Book article from: A Dictionary of Architecture and Landscape Architecture
Baud, Benjamim ( c. 1807–75). English architect. He was Wyatville...capital expended upon it. After disastrous litigation with the Cemetery Company, Baud carried on a minor architectural practice and produced many drawings and paintings...
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baud barf
Book article from: A Dictionary of the Internet
baud barf The random characters that are displayed on a monitor or VDU when some problem with transmission lines or transmission equipment occurs. Barf is American slang for the act of vomiting.
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Communication Devices
Book article from: Computer Sciences
...The speed of the modem is expressed in baud, named after Jean-Maurice-É...were configured. In modern terminology, baud represents bits per second. The first computer modems were very slow, at 300 baud. However, the computer input/output...
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