Glossary

The Complete Glossary of Networking, Cybersecurity, and Cyberwarfare Terms

443 plain-English definitions, from 3G to zero-day exploits. Each term explains how it works, why it matters, and where ZeroTier fits.

Quantum Computing (QC)

Definition

A new technology for computation, which leverages the laws of quantum mechanics to provide exponential performance improvement for some applications and to potentially enable completely new territories of computing. Some of the early quantum hardware products are special-purpose quantum computers, also called quantum simulators.