"Baudrate" or "Baud Rate" [closed]

In the context of technical writing (e.g: documentation), would it be more correct to use "baudrate" or "baud rate"?

I believe that both are acceptable informally.

However:

• I've often seen "baudrate" used, and previously this would be what I'd typically use.
• A quick search has yielded a preference for "baud rate", so I may be wrong.

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Cambridge dictionary's entry on compound words seems to suggest that baudrate would be the preferred spelling.

Baud and rate are both nouns, in case of noun + noun compounds the words are written without a space (with a bunch of exceptions which don't apply here).

As opposed to for example Dutch or German, many compound words in English are written with a space or hyphen between the words. I can imagine a lot of people don't even realize or think about the difference in the case of noun + noun compound words.

_{Note: I am not a native English speaker and haven't studied English at a university level.}

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