Easy changes to difficult terminology

cirq-core/cirq/contrib/quimb/mps_simulator_test.py

@@ -335,7 +335,7 @@ def test_random_circuits_equal_more_rows():
     assert_same_output_as_dense(circuit, qubits)
 
 
-def test_supremacy_equal_more_cols():
+def test_random_circuits_equal_more_cols():
     circuit = cirq.testing.random_circuit(
         qubits=cirq.GridQubit.rect(2, 3), n_moments=6, op_density=1.0
     )

cirq-core/cirq/experiments/random_quantum_circuit_generation.py

@@ -142,7 +142,7 @@ def __repr__(self) -> str:
 
     This pattern of gates was used in the paper
     https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-019-1666-5
-    to demonstrate quantum supremacy.
+    to demonstrate beyond-classical computation.
     """,
 )
 

cirq-core/cirq/protocols/json_serialization_test.py

@@ -237,7 +237,7 @@ def test_not_yet_serializable_no_superfluous(mod_spec: ModuleJsonTestSpec):
 
 
 @pytest.mark.parametrize('mod_spec', MODULE_TEST_SPECS, ids=repr)
-def test_mutually_exclusive_lists(mod_spec: ModuleJsonTestSpec):
+def test_mutually_exclusive_not_serialize_lists(mod_spec: ModuleJsonTestSpec):
     common = set(mod_spec.should_not_be_serialized) & set(mod_spec.not_yet_serializable)
     assert len(common) == 0, (
         f"Defined in both {mod_spec.name} 'Not yet serializable' "

cirq-google/cirq_google/ops/sycamore_gate.py

@@ -64,8 +64,8 @@ def _json_dict_(self):
                 [0, 0, 0, exp(- 1j * π/6)]]
 
            This gate can be performed on the Google's Sycamore chip and
-           is close to the gates that were used to demonstrate quantum
-           supremacy used in this paper:
+           is close to the gates that were used to demonstrate beyond-classical
+           computation in this paper:
            https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-019-1666-5
            """,
 )

docs/google/devices.md

@@ -283,7 +283,7 @@ daily basis.
 
 The Sycamore device is a 54 qubit device introduced in 2019 with a
 [publication in Nature](https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-019-1666-5).
-Note that the supremacy result in the paper utilized a device that had 53 qubits since
+Note that the beyond-classical result in the paper utilized a device that had 53 qubits since
 one qubit had malfunctioned.
 
 It can be accessed using `cirq.GridQubit(row, col)` using grid coordinates specified below.