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quantum bit

quantum bit

 
pronunciation:
kwan tm bIt
part of speech: noun
definition: a fundamental unit of information in quantum computing that is equivalent to the binary bit used in traditional computing; qubit. Whereas the binary bit can only exist in two states (0 or 1), the quantum bit can exist in three states (0, 1, or 0 and 1 simultaneously).