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quantum computer
quan·tum com·put·er (plural quan·tum com·put·ers)


noun 
Definition:
 
computer that employs quantum mechanics: a computer that uses the quantum mechanical properties of elementary particles such as photons for transferring, processing, and storing information

quan·tum com·put·ing noun
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