quantum information science
quantum information science noun: information science adapted to deal with information held and/or handled by quantum systems, i.e., in which information is measured in qubits instead of classical bits.
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quantum information science (uncountable)
- Information science adapted to deal with information held and/or handled by quantum systems, i.e., in which information is measured in qubits instead of classical bits.
- Foundational investigations in quantum mechanics, both experimental and theoretical, gave birth to the field of quantum information science. Nevertheless, the foundations of quantum mechanics themselves remain hotly debated in the scientific community, and no consensus on essential questions has...2013 January 6, Schlosshauer Maximilian with Kofler Johannes and Zeilinger Anton, “A Snapshot of Foundational Attitudes Toward Quantum Mechanics”, in arXiv.org, number 1301.1069v1, page 1
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- QIS
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- What does quantum information science mean?
- Quantum information science means information science adapted to deal with information held and/or handled by quantum systems, i.e., in which information is measured in qubits instead of classical bits.
- What part of speech is quantum information science?
- Quantum information science is a noun.
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