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QLDB = Quantum Ledger Database Seeing 'quantum' in that acronym is so cringeworthy. I'd prefer Immutable Ledger Database, or a word that shares more with the t

QLDB = Quantum Ledger Database Seeing 'quantum' in that acronym is so cringeworthy. I'd prefer Immutable Ledger Database, or a word that shares more with the technology than media hyperbole.

mabbo 8y ago
> Adjective - quantum > Of a change, sudden or discrete, without intermediate stages. - https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/quantum#Adjective https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/quantum#Adjective It makes perfect sense if you know what the word means.
- Old_Thrashbarg 8y ago
  Yes, but given the trend of quantum computers, it's confusing using that word freely. Case in point, the whole reason I clicked through on this was becausei thought it might be some earlier quantum database.
- joelg 8y ago
  Cool, but I don't think I could get away with marketing a raspberry pi as a "quantum computer" because its bits change suddenly, discretely, and without intermediate steps. Like it or not, "quantum" has accumulated a) more connotations that make it less likely to be interpreted as "sudden or discrete" by most people, and b) an association with other pseudosciency buzzwords that don't have a very good reputation in product names.
- sqrt17 8y ago
  ... it also makes perfect sense as a ruse if you figure all those buzzword-chasing QuantumComputinAIDeepLearningBlockchainOfThings will be flocking around something that is not just useful but also buzzword compatible. IBM has spent a bit of money drumming up all things Quantum (while being at most moderately more successful at actual useful QC implementation), it would be ironic if some of the buzz (in people who think Quantum is the "next big thing" without knowing how actual current QC would benefit them) now transfers to something useful and real but not-QC
- iblaine 8y ago
  https://cacm.acm.org/news/232751-quantum-clouds-leap-ahead/fulltext https://cacm.acm.org/news/232751-quantum-clouds-leap-ahead/f... If Quantum computers become a thing, then coining a new database 'QLDB', is a bad idea, despite what 'quantum' may mean in the dictionary.
- yarrel 8y ago
  Given the existence of quantum computing it makes sense as false advertising. I accept that it may just a terrible choice of name that is not deliberately intended to confuse though.
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QLDB = Quantum Ledger Database Seeing 'quantum' in that acronym is so cringeworthy. I'd prefer Immutable Ledger Database, or a word that shares more with the technology than media hyperbole.

mabbo 8y ago

> Adjective - quantum > Of a change, sudden or discrete, without intermediate stages. - https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/quantum#Adjective https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/quantum#Adjective It makes perfect sense if you know what the word means.

Old_Thrashbarg 8y ago
Yes, but given the trend of quantum computers, it's confusing using that word freely. Case in point, the whole reason I clicked through on this was becausei thought it might be some earlier quantum database.
joelg 8y ago
Cool, but I don't think I could get away with marketing a raspberry pi as a "quantum computer" because its bits change suddenly, discretely, and without intermediate steps. Like it or not, "quantum" has accumulated a) more connotations that make it less likely to be interpreted as "sudden or discrete" by most people, and b) an association with other pseudosciency buzzwords that don't have a very good reputation in product names.
sqrt17 8y ago
... it also makes perfect sense as a ruse if you figure all those buzzword-chasing QuantumComputinAIDeepLearningBlockchainOfThings will be flocking around something that is not just useful but also buzzword compatible. IBM has spent a bit of money drumming up all things Quantum (while being at most moderately more successful at actual useful QC implementation), it would be ironic if some of the buzz (in people who think Quantum is the "next big thing" without knowing how actual current QC would benefit them) now transfers to something useful and real but not-QC
iblaine 8y ago
https://cacm.acm.org/news/232751-quantum-clouds-leap-ahead/fulltext https://cacm.acm.org/news/232751-quantum-clouds-leap-ahead/f... If Quantum computers become a thing, then coining a new database 'QLDB', is a bad idea, despite what 'quantum' may mean in the dictionary.
yarrel 8y ago
Given the existence of quantum computing it makes sense as false advertising. I accept that it may just a terrible choice of name that is not deliberately intended to confuse though.

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