baud barf /bawd barf/ n.
The garbage one gets a
terminal (or terminal emulator) when using a modem connection with
some protocol setting (esp. 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.
The garbage one gets a
terminal (or terminal emulator) when using a modem connection with
some protocol setting (esp. 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.
Related:
- baud barf: /bawd barf/ n. The garbage one gets on the monitor
when using a modem connection with some protocol setting (esp.
line speed) incorrect, or when someone picks up a voice... - frogging: [University of Waterloo] v. 1. Partial corruption of a
text file or input stream by some bug or consistent glitch,
as opposed to random events like line noise or media... - drop-ins: [prob. by analogy with {drop-outs}] n. Spurious
characters appearing on a terminal or console as a result of line
noise or a system malfunction of some sort.
Esp. used when these are interspersed with one's... - frogging [University of Waterloo] v.
1. Partial corruption
of a text file or input stream by some bug or consistent glitch,
as opposed to random events like line noise or media... - drop-ins n.
[prob. by analogy with drop-outs]
Spurious characters appearing on a terminal or console as a result
of line noise or a system malfunction of some sort.
Esp. used when these are interspersed with one's... - baud /bawd/ n.
[simplified from its technical meaning]
n.
Bits per second. Hence kilobaud or Kbaud, thousands... - line starve: [MIT] 1. vi. To feed paper through a printer the
wrong way by one line (most printers can't do this).
On a display terminal, to move the cursor up to... - smart terminal: n. 1. A terminal that has enough computing
capability to render graphics or to offload some kind of front-end
processing from the computer it talks to.
The development of workstations and personal computers... - smart terminal n.
1. A terminal that has enough computing
capability to render graphics or to offload some kind of front-end
processing from the computer it talks to.
The development of workstations and personal computers...
