• Question: WHAT IS A QUANTOM COMPUTER AND DO THEY EXIST ?

    Asked by THOMAS GOODMAN to Steven on 15 Jun 2015.
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      Steven Thomson answered on 15 Jun 2015:


      A quantum computer is a better, faster kind of computer than a normal one. Normal computers use a binary language where individual ‘bits’ of data can take the value 0 or 1. Quantum bits (qubits) can be 0, 1 or both at the same time. This means qubits can do more than one thing at a time, making quantum computers more powerful.

      Put it this way – a quantum computer the size of a regular computer would be more powerful than a regular computer the size of the Solar System!

      They don’t exist yet, but a lot of people are working on making them happen!

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