00765nas a2200109   4500000000100000008004100001100002200042245006800064300001400132490000700146520050200153       2011                            d1 aJaroslaw Miszczak00aModels of quantum computation and quantum programming languages  a305–3240 v593 aThe goal of this report is to provide an introduction to the basic computational models used in quantum information theory. We various review models of quantum Turing machine, quantum circuits and quantum random access machine (QRAM) along with their classical counterparts. We also provide an introduction to quantum programming languages, which are developed using the QRAM model. We review the syntax of several existing quantum programming languages and discuss their features and limitations.