Stim File Archive

Each .stim file contains three top-level sections:

: Storing the .stim but not the specific version of the software that reads it. In five years, that software may be abandonware. Solution : Containerize the entire runtime. Use Docker or a virtual machine image that includes the OS, the software, and the Stim file. Your archive’s unit becomes an OCI container, not a loose file. stim file archive

A "Stim file archive" typically refers to a text file containing this structured data, which can be parsed deterministically to reproduce exact statistical samples of a QEC experiment. stim file archive