/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)
