quantum computing
The use of quantum mechanical phenomena to transcend classical time complexity limitations in computing.
Noun
- The use of quantum mechanical phenomena to transcend classical time complexity limitations in computing.
- Quantum computing has the potential to break many previously unbreakable forms of encryption.
- “The N.S.A. would obviously prefer that quantum computing were not possible,” said Dr. Seth Lloyd, a physicist at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. “But if it does turn out to be possible, then they need to be...