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Proposed by the grandfather of Nanotechnology Dr. Richard Feynman (basis of the legendary Feynman expert system) at the First Conference of the Physics of Computation in 12 AT (1981 c.e.). A Quantum Computer is radically different from the preceding Turing state machines.Technology > Technology Levels > Middle Tech / Midtech
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The basis for data in a QC is a qubit, which unlike the bit in a Turing machine which encodes either a one or a zero, encodes both possible states at the same time, a quantum superposition of 0 and 1.
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Text by Ben Higginbottom
Initially published on 19 December 2001.
Initially published on 19 December 2001.
