Some 16th-century Italian clergymen tried to ban coffee because they believed it to be “satanic.” However, Pope Clement VII loved coffee so much that he lifted the ban and had coffee baptized in 1600.
QUBIT
Etymology
Noun
qubit (plural qubits)
(computing) A quantum bit; the basic unit of quantum information described by a superposition of two states; a quantum bit in a quantum computer capable of being in a state of superposition.
Synonyms: qbit, quantum bit
Coordinate term: bit
Source: Wiktionary
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