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# Basics

- [Motivation](https://quip.gitbook.io/docs/basics/motivation.md)
- [Key Properties](https://quip.gitbook.io/docs/basics/key-properties.md)
- [QUIP: The Quantum Unit Interlock Pathway](https://quip.gitbook.io/docs/basics/quip-the-quantum-unit-interlock-pathway.md)
- [QUIP Lifecycle](https://quip.gitbook.io/docs/basics/quip-lifecycle.md)
- [Virtues](https://quip.gitbook.io/docs/basics/virtues.md)