QUANTUM COMPUTING 50 qubit quantum computer Quantum computing is the area of study focused on developing computer technology based on the principles of quantum theory, which explains the nature and behavior of energy and matter on the quantum (atomic and subatomic) level. It begins early in the 20th century, when physicists began to sense they had lost their grip on reality. Electrons and other particles sometimes act like waves instead. Quantum mechanics emerged to explain such quirks for example the position of an electron. The basic theory or blueprint for quantum computers that took shape in the 80s and 90s still guides Google and others working on the technology. Regular computers perform calculations by encoding information as digital bits (0 and 1). A computer might flip the voltage in a circuit on and off. Quantum computers do calculations using bits, qubits. What is a qubit? A device that uses quantum mechanical effects to represent 0s and 1s o
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