/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)
