A Quantum PL Pronunciation Guide
| Project Name | Pronounced as |
|---|---|
| IQu | haiku |
| LIQ$Ui|\rangle$ | liquid |
| OpenQASM | open chasm |
| PLanQC | plank / Planck |
| PyQuil | pie-quill |
| PyZX | pizzix (like physics) |
| Q# | Q-Sharp |
| QASM | chasm |
| Qbricks | Q-bricks / Kubrick’s |
| Qiskit | kiss-kit AND quiss-kit1 |
| Quil | quill |
| QWIRE | choir |
| Silq | silk |
| SQIR | squire |
| t$|$ket$\rangle$ | ticket |
| VOQC | vox |
| ZX | zed ex |
Bonus: Michael Nielsen and Isaac Chuang’s classic textbook Quantum Computation and Quantum Information is affectionately known as Mike and Ike.
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Source: How Do You Pronounce “Qiskit?"; also see an older tweet from the official Qiskit account. ↩︎