COMPUTER FUNDAMENTALS

EMERGING TRENDS IN COMPUTING

QUANTUM COMPUTING

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
What does a Quantum Computer use for computing, unlike a classical computer?
A
A bit
B
Qu-bit
C
cell
D
slot
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Quantum computing uses subatomic particles, such as electrons or photons. Quantum bits, or qubits, allow these particles to exist in more than one state (i.e., 1 and 0) at the same time. Classical computers today employ a stream of electrical impulses (1 and 0) in a binary manner to encode information in bits.

Detailed explanation-2: -Instead of bits, quantum computers use qubits. Rather than just being on or off, qubits can also be in what’s called ‘superposition’ – where they’re both on and off at the same time, or somewhere on a spectrum between the two.

Detailed explanation-3: -Qubits are represented by a superposition of multiple possible states. A qubit uses the quantum mechanical phenomena of superposition to achieve a linear combination of two states. A classical binary bit can only represent a single binary value, such as 0 or 1, meaning that it can only be in one of two possible states.

Detailed explanation-4: -However, a classical computer can only be in one of these one billion states at the same time. A quantum computer can be in a quantum combination of all of those states, called superposition. This allows it to perform one billion or more copies of a computation at the same time.

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