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To: _Jim

Ordinary bits are either on, or off. With massive arrays of bits, computing is possible.

Q-Bits, used in Quantum Computing, can have one of an infinite number of states. Armed with only one Q-Bit, computing is possible.


18 posted on 01/09/2019 8:27:54 AM PST by Lazamataz (You know, when I advised Democrats to vote AFTER Nov 6th, I didn't think they'd actually DO it.)
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To: Lazamataz

What’s a “bit” anyway?

No, seriously, how is input and output to the REAL WORLD accomplished - furthermore -

- Given what you described, that isn’t “Quantum” (quantized, dealing with a specified or measured amount) computing, it’s back to ANALOG whose values represent an infinite number of states ...

Def - quanta - “in particular restrict the number of possible values of (a quantity) or states of (a system) so that certain variables can assume only certain discrete magnitudes.”


25 posted on 01/09/2019 9:25:42 AM PST by _Jim (democrats create mobs. Republicans create jobs.)
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37 posted on 01/09/2019 11:18:13 AM PST by Red Badger (We are headed for a Civil War. It won't be nice like the last one....................)
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