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The field of Quantum computing is very much in its infancy. Just trying to understand the basic concepts involve rethinking and abandoning concepts we are used to in the real world. When you realize the reality shift entailed by its use, it becomes a lot easier to accept the notion that working with multimedia and unstructured data also breaks with the traditional concepts we are used to
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ACID is a computing acronym and stands for atomicity, consistency, isolation, durability. Its core function is to see how the databases function and ensure that the data is processed correctly. Most books on databases cover this as a fundamental feature and its usage is well accepted.
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