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Post #112,613
by Arkadiy
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8/4/03 12:34:55 PM
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New Nit
I guess this requires the definition of "symbol". Most people, me included, would think "byte" and be sorely mistaken
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Post #112,622
by a6l6e6x
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8/4/03 12:48:00 PM
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New Yep, "symbol" is a poor choice for the definition.
[link|http://searchnetworking.techtarget.com/sDefinition/0,,sid7_gci211643,00.html|Baudy bit.] :)
Baud was the prevalent measure for data transmission speed until replaced by a more accurate term, bps (bits per second). One baud is one electronic state change per second. Since a single state change can involve more than a single bit of data, the bps unit of measurement has replaced it as a better expression of data transmission speed.
Alex
A government which robs Peter to pay Paul can always depend on the support of Paul. -- George Bernard Shaw
     Re: On Features. - (Nightowl) - (24) - Aug. 2, 2003, 11:12:25 AM EDT
         zIWE forum software was selected to a purpose - - (Ashton) - (20) - Aug. 2, 2003, 06:34:25 PM EDT
             Re: zIWE forum software was selected to a purpose - - (Nightowl) - (19) - Aug. 2, 2003, 10:53:42 PM EDT
                 ANSI art - (orion) - (10) - Aug. 2, 2003, 11:13:59 PM EDT
                     Re: ANSI art - (Nightowl) - Aug. 2, 2003, 11:17:46 PM EDT
                     Not a lost art... - (pwhysall) - Aug. 3, 2003, 03:43:46 AM EDT
                     same idea as antialiasing -NT - (deSitter) - Aug. 4, 2003, 02:45:51 PM EDT
                     PETSCII movies - (SpiceWare) - (3) - Aug. 4, 2003, 05:35:51 PM EDT
                         ATASCII - (orion) - (2) - Aug. 4, 2003, 07:33:55 PM EDT
                             same here - (SpiceWare) - (1) - Aug. 4, 2003, 11:11:27 PM EDT
                                 Platform Wars - (orion) - Aug. 5, 2003, 03:09:09 PM EDT
                     Re: ANSI art - (radman) - (2) - May 10, 2004, 02:42:10 PM EDT
                         notSPAM*notSPAM*notSPAM*notSPAM - (folkert) - (1) - May 10, 2004, 04:46:47 PM EDT
                             No, not really... - (admin) - May 10, 2004, 04:44:28 PM EDT
                 Warning, abuse of HTML - (JayMehaffey) - (7) - Aug. 3, 2003, 12:21:14 AM EDT
                     Re: Warning, abuse of HTML - (Nightowl) - Aug. 3, 2003, 12:27:52 AM EDT
                     For the really pedantic... :) - (a6l6e6x) - (5) - Aug. 3, 2003, 05:17:04 PM EDT
                         Nit - (Arkadiy) - (1) - Aug. 4, 2003, 12:34:55 PM EDT
                             Yep, "symbol" is a poor choice for the definition. - (a6l6e6x) - Aug. 4, 2003, 12:48:00 PM EDT
                         And for the really, really pedantic... - (pwhysall) - (2) - Aug. 4, 2003, 12:46:25 PM EDT
                             Yep, and on teletype 8th bit was a parity bit. -NT - (a6l6e6x) - Aug. 4, 2003, 12:57:05 PM EDT
                             Re: And for the really, really pedantic... - (Nightowl) - Aug. 4, 2003, 05:43:55 PM EDT
         DLX BBS - (orion) - Aug. 3, 2003, 05:16:42 PM EDT
         BBS mates - (orion) - Aug. 3, 2003, 09:30:59 PM EDT
         Most BBSes are Telnetable now - (orion) - Aug. 6, 2003, 08:52:47 PM EDT

Thanks for noticing.
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