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Searching through an unstructured data set of size N on a classical computer takes O(N) time

but on a quantum computer, Grover's Algorithm allows such a search to be performed in O(N^0.5) time.

So Quantum Computing, could bring us a future where, when you perform a Google search for a word, the web pages returned actually contain the word you searched for.


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_benj12/09/2024

> So Quantum Computing, could bring us a future where, when you perform a Google search for a word, the web pages returned actually contain the word you searched for.

Lol! I'm not gonna put a kagi plug here...