Glossary

QPU Endpoint

A QPU Endpoint is a collection of services that enables users to run a job on a QPU.

Gateway

A service that enables highly available on-demand access for running jobs on the QPU. See QCS QPU Gateway

Compilation and Translation

When preparing a program to run on a QPU, it usually goes through two compilation steps. The first is quilc, the optimizing compiler. The second compiles your program down to the machine code needed to run your program on a QPU's control system. While these are both technically compilation steps, we've historically referred to the latter as "translation" to differentiate it from quilc compilation. See How Programs Are Built & Runfor more details on these compilation steps.