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  • baud
    /bawd/ [simplified from its technical meaning] n. Bits per second. Hence kilobaud or Kbaud, thousands of bits per second. The technical meaning is... VIEW ENTIRE DEFINITION


    •  View Definition: broadcast storm 

    broadcast storm

    n. An incorrect packet broadcast on a network that causes most hosts to respond all at once, typically with wrong answers that start the process over again. See {network meltdown}.