Can Quarks (or smaller) be used in computing?

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Until someone more knowledgeable responds to your question, here is my understanding. Quarks are inside of subparticles and cannot be directly manipulated. However, there is serious work going on to build quantum computers that, I believe, use quantum properties of electrons.

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