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= Controlled NOT gate
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A Controlled NOT gate, commonly referred to as a CNOT gate or CX gate, is an essential component in quantum computing. It is a two-qubit gate that performs a NOT operation (also known as a bit-flip) on a target qubit only when a control qubit is in the state \\(|1\\rangle\\).