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quantum computing

quantum computing noun: the use of quantum mechanical phenomena to transcend classical time complexity limitations in computing.

Noun

quantum computing (uncountable)

  1. The use of quantum mechanical phenomena to transcend classical time complexity limitations in computing.
    • Quantum computing has the potential to break many previously unbreakable forms of encryption.
    • “The N.S.A. would obviously prefer that quantum computing were not possible,” said Dr. Seth Lloyd, a physicist at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. “But if it does turn out to be possible, then they need to be prepared.”1997 February 18, George Johnson, quoting Seth Lloyd, “Quantum Theorists Trying to Surpass Digital Computing”, in The New York Times, →ISSN

quantum computing meaning in Vietnamese

quantum computing in Vietnamese

method of computing
điện toán lượng tử

Questions about quantum computing

What does quantum computing mean?
Quantum computing means the use of quantum mechanical phenomena to transcend classical time complexity limitations in computing.
What is quantum computing in Vietnamese?
Quantum computing in Vietnamese is điện toán lượng tử. See Quantum computing meaning in Vietnamese.
What part of speech is quantum computing?
Quantum computing is a noun.

Words near quantum computing in the dictionary

  1. quantum chromodynamics
  2. quantum coherence
  3. quantum coherences
  4. quantum computer
  5. quantum computers
  6. quantum computing
  7. quantum cryptography
  8. quantum decoherence
  9. quantum decoherences
  10. quantum dot
  11. quantum dots

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