The Techie Glossary
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Q - Quantizing to Quitting (5)
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Quantizing
is determining how much quantity there is of something. The fundamental
unit of a quantized physical property is a quantum.
In programming it also can mean the restriction
of a variable to one discrete value. Quantum
is a very smallest possible unit of something. In physics it is the fundamental
unit of a quantized physical property.
Quantum particles theoretically can be used to create quantum
computers. Quantum
computers
are theoretical computer systems based
on quantum particles. These tiny particles
could be used to theoretically create the fastest computers. Queries
are questions requested to a database to
ask it to search for records based
on the criteria of the query. Quitting
in computer terms normally refers to
shutting down a software application.
This procedure can be done by using the file menu
and choosing to exit the application.
Sometimes clicking on an x on the menu
bar of the window will exit the application.
Typing the word exit or quit will sometimes stop processes
on the command line. If there is a file
in use that has not been saved the application
may ask the user to save the file. Quitting
applications usually terminates
all the processes and services
connected with it.
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