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What is Quantum Computers

Chapter 424
Encyclopedia of Information Science and Technology, Fourth Edition
Is the direct use of quantum-mechanical phenomena, to perform operations on data. Quantum computers are different from digital computers based on transistors. Whereas digital computers require data to be encoded into binary digits (bits), quantum computation uses quantum bits which can be in super positions of states.
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Group Signature System Using Multivariate Asymmetric Cryptography
Sattar J. Aboud (Department of Computer Science and Technology, University of Bedfordshire, UK)
Copyright: © 2018 |Pages: 11
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-5225-2255-3.ch424
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Chapter 7
Development Trends of Digital Infrastructure
The application of quantum phenomenon to computer computations.
Published in Chapter: Development Trends of Digital Infrastructure; From: The Strategies of Informing Technology in the 21st Century
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