| Impact | Reordering global power structures • Changing human society |
| Factors | Military • Industrial • Intellectual |
| Location | |
| Time Period | Mid-1900s • 20th and 21st centuries |
| Breakthroughs | Quantum cryptanalysis • Improved computing power • Advanced networked communications • Novel scientific theories |
| Central Theme | Quantum computing revolution |
| Fields Influenced | Mathematics • Cryptography • Computer science • Physics |