On 7/27/2006 at 4:36 PM der Mouse wrote:
 Not *always*.  For example, 10Mbit Ethernet is 10000000
bits/sec, not
10485760 bits/sec.  9600 baud is 9.6 kilobaud, not 9.375 kilobaud. 
Of course, there's the whole topic of what "baud" really means...
Cheers,
Chuck