# Beginner foundations

Learn the basics of quantum technology from the expert team at Q-CTRL.

### What is quantum control?
Learn about the history of quantum control and how it accelerates the path to useful quantum technologies, such as quantum computers, firmware, and sensing.
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### What is quantum physics?
Learn the fundamentals of quantum physics for developing quantum computers and explore insights into the basic principles driving quantum innovation.
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### What is quantum error correction?
Learn how Quantum error correction can enable the quantum computing revolution and the vital role it plays in the future of large-scale quantum computers.
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### What is quantum firmware?
Quantum firmware bridges the gap between mathematical abstractions of quantum algorithms and practical physical manipulation of imperfect quantum hardware.
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### What is NISQ computing?
Learn about the current "noisy" era of quantum computing and what it stands to deliver. Uncover what quantum computing in the NISQ era looks like today.
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### What are quantum algorithms?
Learn the fundamentals of how to build quantum algorithms for quantum computing - starting with quantum circuits and logic through to how they're measured.
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### Introduction to quantum computing
Learn the foundations and discover the principles for how this technology will power a transformative information age.
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### Towards practical Quantum Error Correction
Discover how we're moving closer to practical Quantum Error Correction by combining it with low-level quantum firmware.
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### What is quantum sensing?
Learn how the fragility of quantum hardware lets us detect the undetectable and discover the principles and potential applications for quantum sensing.
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