error correction

British

noun

computing the automatic correction of errors in data that arise from missing or distorted digital pulses

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To reduce these errors, researchers combine many physical qubits into a single logical qubit and apply continuous error correction.

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Error correction in classical computers relies on copying information.

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Afterward, bit flip error correction resumed independently on each half.

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“We need full error correction,” he said.

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Interest in quantum computing, which has the potential to be the next disruptive technology, reached a fever pitch last year, punctuated by headlines about developments in error correction and scaling.

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