baud barf
<jargon> /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]
(1996-02-22)
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