error correction

British

noun

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

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Oratomic CEO and co-founder, Dolev Bluvstein says the company’s approach to error correction is a defining and differentiating factor.

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Another differentiating factor for Oratomic, according to Bluvstein, is a method for error correction it developed.

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The experiment also included one of the world's largest-known demonstrations of quantum error correction.

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The final hurdle before scaling up is error correction.

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