2026-09-03 20:50 UTC
At some point in the '80s someone convinced me that "baud" was an acronym for "bits of actual, usable data" and I believed that for far too long.
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@cardboardboxfort@lemmy.world 2026-09-03 20:58
Clever but inaccurate. You can try and convince people that the word “bawdy” also came from Baudot because he was a Frenchman that used his improved telegraphy code to share juicy details about the ladies he courted. I can’t save for sure he didn’t do that, what with being a successful Frenchman and all.
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@Equinox1289@sh.itjust.works 2026-09-03 21:04
Sounds like a backronym