Terms starting with Q

10 terms

  • QEMU

    Linux › Virtualization

    QEMU is an open-source machine emulator and virtualizer that runs guest systems on Linux, with KVM for near-native speed or full emulation.

  • Qi wireless charging

    Mobile › Mobile hardware

    Qi wireless charging is the open inductive charging standard that lets phones and accessories charge by resting on a compatible pad, without…

  • QLC

    Hardware › Storage

    QLC is quad-level cell NAND flash that stores four bits per cell, giving SSDs high capacity at low cost in exchange for…

  • QLoRA

    Artificial intelligence › Training

    QLoRA is a fine-tuning method that trains LoRA adapters on a frozen 4-bit quantized model, cutting GPU memory needs for adapting large…

  • Quality assurance QA

    Software › Software quality

    Quality assurance (QA) in software is the set of planned process activities that give confidence a product will meet its quality requirements.

  • Query optimization

    Databases › Performance

    Query optimization is the process of making database queries run faster, through cheap execution plans chosen by the optimizer and SQL and…

  • Query planner

    Databases › Indexing

    A query planner is the database component that chooses how to execute a SQL query, including which indexes, join methods and join…

  • Queue

    Programming › Data structures

    A queue is a first-in, first-out data structure that adds elements at the back and removes them from the front, preserving their…

  • QUIC

    Internet › Internet protocols

    QUIC is an encrypted, multiplexed transport protocol running over UDP that underpins HTTP/3 and reduces connection setup time and head-of-line blocking.

  • Quicksort

    Programming › Algorithms

    Quicksort is a divide-and-conquer sorting algorithm that partitions data around a pivot, averaging O(n log n) time and sorting in place with…