Complex numbers are a key part of orchestrating quantum algorithms—and you can learn what they are in just a few minutes.

Matrices are the mathematical building blocks for quantum bits, quantum gates, and quantum circuits.

Like bits in classical computing, qubits are the value stores of a quantum circuit. These stored values can be altered by applying quantum gates to them.

Quantum logic gates are the means of “getting work done” on a quantum computer. They perform computation by altering the values of quantum bits (“qubits”).