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Standard
ISO/IEC 4879
First edition
Information technology — Quantum
2024-05
computing — Vocabulary
Technologies de l'information — Informatique quantique —
Vocabulaire
Reference number
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ISO/IEC 4879:2024(en)
Contents Page
Foreword .iv
Introduction .v
1 Scope . 1
2 Normative references . 1
3 Terms and definitions . 1
3.1 Background .1
3.2 Quantum physics background .2
3.3 Quantum information .5
3.4 Quantum processing .7
3.5 Quantum technologies .11
3.6 Related quantum technologies . 13
Bibliography . 14
Index .15
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ISO/IEC 4879:2024(en)
Foreword
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