| author | description | ms.author | ms.date | ms.service | ms.subservice | ms.topic | title | uid |
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bradben |
List of common terms of the Azure Quantum service. |
v-benbra |
02/01/2021 |
azure-quantum |
core |
conceptual |
Glossary for Azure Quantum |
microsoft.quantum.azure.glossary |
Azure Active Directory (AAD) / Microsoft Identity Platform - Azure’s identity service, used to implement access control and authentication to resources. The names Azure Active Directory and Microsoft Identity Platform are interchangeable For more information, see Azure Active Directory.
Azure Managed Application (AMA) / Managed Application – A type of application offered to end customers in Azure through the Azure Marketplace. For more information, see Azure managed applications.
Azure Marketplace – A storefront for cloud-based software in Azure. For more information, see Azure Marketplace.
Azure Quantum Job (Job) – A program, problem, or application, submitted to Azure Quantum for processing by an Azure Quantum provider.
Azure Quantum Job Target (Target) – Providers expose one or more targets that can be used to run jobs. Customers select which target they would like to use to run a particular job. For example, a three-qubit machine and a six-qubit machine may each be targets.
Azure Quantum Provider (provider) – A provider is a component in Azure Quantum that provides the ability to run jobs. Providers may be made available by Microsoft or by third-party partners.
Azure Quantum – Microsoft’s quantum service for Azure, enabling customers access to quantum solutions from both Microsoft providers and partner providers.
Azure Resource Manager (ARM) – Azure’s deployment and management service. For more information, see Azure Resource Manager.
Quantum Development Kit (QDK) - Microsoft’s software development kit for developing quantum applications in the Azure Quantum service. The QDK contains Q#, Microsoft's programming language for quantum computing, along with Q# libraries, samples and tutorials. It also contains developer APIs for running jobs on the Azure Quantum service. For more information, see the Microsoft QDK Documentation
Quantum-Inspired Optimization Problem (QIO Problem) - A problem expressed using our Python optimization library to be solved using Azure Quantum. Problems may be expressed as PUBOs (Polynomial Unconstrained Binary Optimization) or Ising forms.
Quantum Program - In the scope of Azure Quantum, a program written in Q# that targets a provider in Azure Quantum.
For more information, see:
- The Microsoft Azure glossary
- The Quantum Development Kit glossary