When quantum computers are fully functional even modest systems in the 100 qubit range may be able to bypass binary security like a hot knife through butter.

The quantum computer, however, is an entirely difference concept – the reason it’s quantum is that it doesn’t use binary logic. By its nature a quantum computer is a yes/no/both device.

How Do Quantum Computers Work? We’re all used to binary computers based on processors using transistors to perform calculations. On, off, one, zero…pretty predictable. The game changes completely ...

Binary code is the perfect place to start — it's conceptually simple but practically complex, and to computers, it's everything.

This Number System Beats Binary, But Most Computers Can’t Use It Why do computers only work with the numbers 0 and 1? There are machines that process three digits with more efficiency than you ...

We’re going to take a look at how computers use a stream of 1s and 0s to represent data.

Unlike most pieces of computer hardware, this quantum bit handles data using five basic states instead of the conventional two Memo to the developers of superfast quantum computers: give up ...

Scientists from the Flatiron Institute and New York University developed a method by which a classical computer can outperform a quantum system on specific benchmarks.