Introducing a Satiric Quantum Computing Glossary
QUEEN CITY — Researchers from Opon University have set out to publish the first comprehensive glossary for the quantum computing industry. One of the great challenges facing the field is that terminology is not standardized. Because it’s usually the first concept introduced to newcomers, the team decided to first define the term “superposition.”
“Our new glossary formally defines ‘superposition’ as existing in two states — 0 and 1 — at the same time,” said junior writer Rodney Delarosa, “we know not everyone likes this definition, but we feel it’s fairly mainstream at this point.”
“We took a ‘vintage' approach to defining this term,” added project documentarian Julie Ford, “we’re really hoping to capitalize on researchers' nostalgia.”
“Because of that, I proposed naming the glossary Qlassic Quantum,” added intern Margo Kuo, “everyone hated it, but the discussion led to the team unanimously agreeing to replace all C’s and K’s throughout the glossary with Q’s.”
“There’s no such thing as using too many Q’s in this field,” said Ford.
The team’s next challenge is to define “entanglement.”
“We actually would love to define 'amplitude' next,” said Delarosa, “but then we would have to start our Quantum Thesaurus project early.”
“No one wants to work on the thesaurus project,” added Ford, “there are no Q’s in the word 'thesaurus.’”
