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A Quantum Dictionary: Understanding the Basics
A dictionary of the basic quantum concepts
When I first started my quantum computing journey, I was completely lost and felt utterly unqualified to join this field. One of the main reasons is that back in 2019, there wasn’t much material explaining the jargon researchers use to write technical papers. So, every time I tried to read a paper to learn something, I would have to go down a rabbit hole of jargon to fully understand the paper.
As an academic, I am aware that technical papers are meant to sound “smart” and be difficult to read, but as a science enthusiast, I dislike that practice. Because of that, I decided to write articles about quantum computing that are easy to understand and follow and don’t make anyone think that they need to be a genius to get into quantum or know how it works.
This article will be the first of many in The Quantum Dictionary. I will discuss the fundamental ideas in quantum computing to enable you to read and explore the field more easily.
Quantum computing can seem mysterious, but it relies on a few fundamental ideas at its core. This article breaks down 9 key quantum concepts you need to know to build up your quantum computing knowledge toolkit.
