This time we asked what is quantum computing? Not a simple question to answer but let’s provide a basic approach and say: “Quantum computing is the use of quantum physics in the processing of information… quantum computers encode information according to quantum mechanical states of the involved atomic constituents… All these possibilities could be addressed at the same time--a phenomenon called superposition--something a binary system cannot do.”
For more specifics about this fascinating topic check out the overview the above is culled from. Citation: "Quantum computing." World of Computer Science, Gale, 2002. Gale In Context: Science, https://link-gale-com.ezproxy.lapl.org/apps/doc/CV2424500492/SCIC?u=lapl&sid=SCIC&xid=ccb4e5dd. Accessed 7 July 2020.
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