Quantum Computing: Progress and Prospects (2019)
Chapter: Appendix H: Acronyms and Abbreviations
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"Appendix H: Acronyms and Abbreviations." National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2019. Quantum Computing: Progress and Prospects. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press.
doi: 10.17226/25196.
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Acronyms and Abbreviations
| 1D | one-dimensional |
| 2D | two-dimensional |
| 3D | three-dimensional |
| ACM | Association for Computing Machinery |
| ADC | analog-to-digital converter |
| AES | Advanced Encryption Standard |
| API | application programming interface |
| AQC | adiabatic quantum computing |
| ARC | Australian Research Council |
| AWG | arbitrary waveform generator |
| BOG | binned output generation |
| BQP | bounded-error quantum polynomial time |
| CA | certificate authority |
| CAM | content addressable memory |
| CMOS | |
| CNOT | controlled-NOT |
| CSTB | Computer Science and Telecommunications Board |
| CW | continuous wave |
| DC | direct current |
| DES | data encryption standard |
Suggested Citation:
"Appendix H: Acronyms and Abbreviations." National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2019. Quantum Computing: Progress and Prospects. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press.
doi: 10.17226/25196.
| DOD | Department of Defense |
| DOE | Department of Energy |
| DSL | domain-specific language |
| EC | European Commission |
| ECC | error correction code |
| ECDSA | elliptic curve digital signature algorithm |
| EM | electromagnetic |
| FFT | fast Fourier transform |
| FPGA | field programmable gate array |
| GaAs | gallium arsenide |
| GCM | Galois Counter Mode |
| GDP | Gross Domestic Product |
| HOG | heavy output generation |
| IC | integrated circuit |
| IEEE | Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers |
| ISA | instruction set architecture |
| iSWAP | |
| JJ | Josephson junction |
| LDPC | low-density parity-check |
| LMSS | Leighton-Micali signature scheme |
| LWE | learning with errors |
| NCWIT | National Center for Women and Information Technology |
| NISQ | noisy intermediate-scale quantum |
| NIST | National Institute of Standards and Technology |
| NP | nondeterministic polynomial time |
| NSF | National Science Foundation |
| NV | nitrogen-vacancy |
| P | polynomial time |
| PQC | post-quantum cryptography |
| QA | quantum algorithms |
| QA | quantum annealing |
| QAOA | quantum approximate optimization algorithm |
Suggested Citation:
"Appendix H: Acronyms and Abbreviations." National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2019. Quantum Computing: Progress and Prospects. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press.
doi: 10.17226/25196.
| QC | quantum computer/quantum computing |
| QEC | quantum error correction |
| QECC | quantum error correction code |
| QEM | quantum error mitigation |
| QFS | quantum Fourier sampling |
| QFT | quantum Fourier transform |
| QIR | quantum intermediate representation |
| QIST | quantum information science and technology |
| QKD | quantum key distribution |
| QRAM | quantum random access memory |
| qubit | quantum bit |
| R&D | research and development |
| RAM | random access memory |
| RBM | randomized benchmark testing |
| RCS | random circuit sampling |
| RF | radio frequency |
| RISC | reduced instruction set computer |
| RQL | reciprocal quantum logic |
| RSA | Rivest-Shamir-Adleman cryptosystem |
| SFQ | single-flux quantum |
| SVP | shortest vector problem |
| TLS | Transport Layer Security |
| UV | ultraviolet |
| VLSI | very large scale integration |
| VQE | variational quantum eigensolver |
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