Qubit vs Qudit - What's the difference?
qubit | qudit |
(computing) A quantum bit; the unit of quantum information; a bit in a quantum computer capable of being in a state of superposition.
* 2012 , ‘An uncertain future’, The Economist , 25 Feb 2012:
In computing terms the difference between qubit and qudit
is that qubit is a quantum bit; the unit of quantum information; a bit in a quantum computer capable of being in a state of superposition while qudit is a quantum unit of information that may take any of d states, where d is a variable.qubit
English
(wikipedia qubit)Noun
(en noun)- Each extra qubit in a quantum machine doubles the number of simultaneous operations it can perform.