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What Is A Quantum Computer?

Daniel and Kelly’s Extraordinary Universe

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Cryptography Is Based on the Idea of Factoring Large Numbers

There was a guy who figured out how to write an algadom to use these quantum states. The way he did it, the algritm that he came up with, is much, much faster on a quanum computer than on a normal computer. If you can instantly factorize a large number, then you can break a lot of modern cryptography.

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