ABSTRACT
In this ch ap te r , a f te r developing some necessa ry background m a te r i a l on quanta les , enriched categories and sup-la t t ices , we p resen t th e definition of quanta loid , as well some of the basic propert ies . We th e n describe the key examples of quan ta lo ids t h a t we shall be using th roughou t the text.
