Heap

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Heap may refer to:

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In computer science:

• heap (data structure), a tree-like data structure
• The heap (or free store) is the area of memory used for dynamic memory allocation
• Java Virtual Machine heap: The heap used by the Java Virtual Machine

In mathematics:

• a heap (mathematics) is a generalization of a group.

In comics:

• The Heap, a Golden Age comic book character similar to but well pre-dating Marvel Comics' Man-Thing. Later re-imagined by Todd McFarlane for his series Spawn.

For people named Heap, see Heap (surname).

HEAP as an acronym may refer to:

• High Explosive, Armor-Piercing ammunition and ordnance.
• The Home Energy Assistance Program of New York, Ohio, and other states.
• Holocaust Education and Avoidance Pod - an idea put forth in Neal Stephenson's book Cryptonomicon, consisting of bundled information pertaining to guerilla warfare disseminated as a countermeasure to genocide and/or ethnic cleansing.

[edit] See also

• Beap
• Treap
• Sorites paradox, also known as the paradox of the heap.

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