ALL meanings of quantum computer
quan·tum com·put·er
Q q - noun quantum computer a computer that makes use of the quantum states of electrons or other particles to store and process information as quantum bits. 1
- noun Definition of quantum computer in Technology (computer) A type of computer which uses the ability of quantum systems, such as a collection of atoms, to be in many different states at once. In theory, such superpositions allow the computer to perform many different computations simultaneously. This capability is combined with interference among the states to produce answers to some problems, such as factoring integers, much more rapidly than is possible with conventional computers. In practice, such machines have not yet been built due to their extreme sensitivity to noise. A quantum search algorithm for constraint satisfaction problems exhibits the phase transition for NP-complete problems. 1
- noun quantum computer a type of computer which uses the ability of quantum systems to be in many different states at once, thus allowing it to perform many different computations simultaneously 0