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Meaning of NISQ | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B1

Definitions

Acronym of noisy intermediate-scale quantum (computer).

abbreviation, acronym, alt-of, attributive, neologism

Examples

“For this talk, I needed a name to describe this impending new era, so I made up a word: NISQ. This stands for Noisy Intermediate-Scale Quantum.”
“The quantum computing era that we are living in today is known as the NISQ era, as mentioned in the previous section.”
“Initially, Google would be focusing on so-called "noisy intermediate-scale quantum" (NISQ) algorithms, he said. NISQ is the low-hanging fruit of quantum computing that scientists hope will make the technology useful this decade.”
“To my knowledge, this is the first piece of work to demonstrate quantum benefit using a NISQ machine to solve militarily important problems and that will build confidence and underpin continued investment in quantum information processing by the UK MOD and Government.”

CEFR level

B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.

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