qugate

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noun

The kind of logic gate used in quantum computing.

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Meanings

nounqugate (plural qugates)

plural qugates

  1. computingThe kind of logic gate used in quantum computing.

    The time required for the operation of a qugate is usually referred to as gate time or τ_(gate), and it should also be much shorter than the decoherence time of each qubit.

    2015, Richard A. Layfield, Muralee Murugesu, Lanthanides and Actinides in Molecular Magnetism, page 189

Origin

From qu- + gate.

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