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Heap

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Heap or HEAP may refer to:

Computing and mathematics

  • Heap (data structure), a data structure commonly used to implement a priority queue
  • Heap (mathematics), a generalization of a group
  • Heap (programming) (or free store), an area of memory for dynamic memory allocation
  • Heapsort, a comparison-based sorting algorithm
  • Heap overflow, a type of buffer overflow that occurs in the heap data area
  • Sorites paradox, also known as the paradox of the heap

Other uses

See also

  • Skandha, Buddhist concept describing the aggregated contents of mental activity
  • Beap or bi-parental heap, a data structure
  • Treap, a form of binary search tree data structure
  • Heap Big Chief, a 1919 American short comedy film
  • Heapey, a village and civil parish of the Borough of Chorley, in Lancashire, England
  • Pile (disambiguation)
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