1. baud barf /bawd barf/ The garbage one gets on the display screen when using a modem connection with some protocol setting especially line speed incorrect, or when someone picks up a voice extension on the same line, or when really bad line noise disrupts the connection. Baud barf is not completely random, by the way; hackers with a lot of serial-line experience can usually tell whether the device at the other end is expecting a higher or lower speed than the terminal is set to. *Really* experienced ones can identify particular speeds. [Jargon File]
baud barf | baud rate | baudekin | baudot | baudot code | baudrick |
