Glossary of quantum computing
This glossary of quantum computing is a list of definitions of terms and concepts used in quantum computing, its sub-disciplines, and related fields.
- Quantum algorithm
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- Quantum computing
- is a type of computation whose operations can harness the phenomena of quantum mechanics, such as superposition, interference, and entanglement. Devices that perform quantum computations are known as quantum computers.[1][2] Though current quantum computers are too small to outperform usual (classical) computers for practical applications, larger realizations are believed to be capable of solving certain computational problems, such as integer factorization (which underlies RSA encryption), substantially faster than classical computers. The study of quantum computing is a subfield of quantum information science.
- Quantum volume
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- Quantum error correction
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- Quantum image
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- Quantum image processing
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- Quantum programming
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- Quantum simulator
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- Quantum supremacy
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- Qubit
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- Quil (instruction set architecture)
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- Qutrit
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Notes
References
- ^ Hidary, Jack (2019). Quantum computing : an applied approach. Cham: Springer. p. 3. ISBN 978-3-030-23922-0. OCLC 1117464128.
- ^ Nielsen & Chuang 2010, p. 1.