{"id":15365,"date":"2019-03-05T16:58:10","date_gmt":"2019-03-05T16:58:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.techopedia.com\/definition\/quantum-internet\/"},"modified":"2019-03-05T16:58:10","modified_gmt":"2019-03-05T16:58:10","slug":"quantum-internet","status":"publish","type":"definition","link":"https:\/\/www.techopedia.com\/definition\/33751\/quantum-internet","title":{"rendered":"Quantum Internet"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><span id=\"what_does_quantum_internet_mean\">What Does Quantum Internet Mean?<\/span><\/h2>\n<p>The quantum internet is an idea based on the theoretical use of quantum computers to construct a new kind of network. In contrast to the traditional internet which operates through the use of binary signals in data packets, the quantum internet would utilize quantum signals instead.<\/p>\n<h2><span id=\"techopedia_explains_quantum_internet\">Techopedia Explains Quantum Internet<\/span><\/h2>\n<p>To understand the quantum internet, think about how a quantum computer would theoretically be set up. A quantum computer is different from a traditional computer in its mode of processing information. Traditional computers, again, use binary to create machine language &ndash; a bit of information is either a one or a zero. By contrast, a quantum computer uses bits of information called qubits that are either a one, a zero, or an unknown value. 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