Keeping up to date with the latest technologies has brought me to a stage where I have to go to the very foundation of IT and computer science.. and boldly go where no linguist has ever gone before.
In essence computers have the capability to process binary bits to the extent that it becomes useful for the end user. Input data such as a name, numbers or visual media and computers turn it into a set of bits. The output will be a phone number, calculation, email or video... or whatever is deemed useful by the computer user.
This bit is a fundamental unit of information and is represented as a 0 or 1 in every single digital device. The key concept of the binary systems is that it is an either.. or story. Either the bit is zero or the bit is one... The combination of the zeros and ones are consequently turned into binary strings and are stored on physical systems usually referred to as hard disks.
What makes the quantum computer so flabbergasting is that this star-wars like device has the power to create a state of anomaly. In a quantum computer, the fundamental unit of information is "Monsieur qubit".This quantum bit is the quaternary brother of the somewhat classical bit. Quaternary finds its etymological roots in the Latin quaternarius, from quaterni four each. This Q-thing refers to a state of consisting of four units or relating to system with a base of four.
Simply speaking a qubit not only takes over the classical characteristics of the logical state: namely either 0 or 1. This pimped up bit can also exist in a blended state or superposition of the logical state (Trekkies eat your heart out)
In other words, a qubit can exist as a zero, a one, or simultaneously as both 0 and 1. This may seem counter-intuitive but that's the name of the game when you want to understand quantum mechanics.
Quantum mechanics actually describe how those tiny atoms have a life of their own... but in a much more spaced out way than we have ever thought possible before. I kind a like this world out there... it is not always logical - it goes sideways, back and forth and in the end... chaos becomes order and vice versa.
Just wondering how I can sell my quantum logics to the misses next time I have to tidy up the kitchen... Honey, no worries... quantum mechanics will turn our chaotic kitchen in a spic and span version without human intervention... it's al about the quaternary ;o)
In essence computers have the capability to process binary bits to the extent that it becomes useful for the end user. Input data such as a name, numbers or visual media and computers turn it into a set of bits. The output will be a phone number, calculation, email or video... or whatever is deemed useful by the computer user.
This bit is a fundamental unit of information and is represented as a 0 or 1 in every single digital device. The key concept of the binary systems is that it is an either.. or story. Either the bit is zero or the bit is one... The combination of the zeros and ones are consequently turned into binary strings and are stored on physical systems usually referred to as hard disks.
What makes the quantum computer so flabbergasting is that this star-wars like device has the power to create a state of anomaly. In a quantum computer, the fundamental unit of information is "Monsieur qubit".This quantum bit is the quaternary brother of the somewhat classical bit. Quaternary finds its etymological roots in the Latin quaternarius, from quaterni four each. This Q-thing refers to a state of consisting of four units or relating to system with a base of four.
Simply speaking a qubit not only takes over the classical characteristics of the logical state: namely either 0 or 1. This pimped up bit can also exist in a blended state or superposition of the logical state (Trekkies eat your heart out)
In other words, a qubit can exist as a zero, a one, or simultaneously as both 0 and 1. This may seem counter-intuitive but that's the name of the game when you want to understand quantum mechanics.
Quantum mechanics actually describe how those tiny atoms have a life of their own... but in a much more spaced out way than we have ever thought possible before. I kind a like this world out there... it is not always logical - it goes sideways, back and forth and in the end... chaos becomes order and vice versa.
Just wondering how I can sell my quantum logics to the misses next time I have to tidy up the kitchen... Honey, no worries... quantum mechanics will turn our chaotic kitchen in a spic and span version without human intervention... it's al about the quaternary ;o)