A qubit is an abstract idea of a 0 or 1, and there are many ways to physically embody it. The people building quantum computers today use the spin of electrons as well as ions trapped in a vacuum. But that's only the first step in building a quantum computer: you need to get the qubits to work together. This involves another bizarre feature of the quantum world, called entanglement.

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