The
Baudot code, invented by
Émile Baudot, is a
character set predating
EBCDIC and
ASCII. It was the predecessor to the International Telegraph Alphabet No. 2 (ITA2), the
teleprinter code in use until the advent of ASCII. Each character in the alphabet is represented by a
series of bits, sent over a communication channel such as a telegraph wire or a radio signal. The
symbol rate measurement is known as
baud, and is derived from the same name.