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Re:'Unprecedented' discovery could propel quantum computers ... by ta12121 on Friday July 06, 2012 @11:30AM (#4208152)
In quantum mechanics a particle is not described by a position and velocity but by a wave function that represents a probability distribution of the possible states of the particle. When a measurement is made the particle takes one of the possible states, with a probability determined by the wave function. This is what people mean when they say that a particle can be in multiple states at the same time.

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