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Computing and mathematics

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Heap (data structure) In computer science, a heap is a Tree (data structure), tree-based data structure that satisfies the heap property: In a ''max heap'', for any given Node (computer science), node C, if P is the parent node of C, then the ''key'' (the ''value'') o ...
, a data structure commonly used to implement a priority queue *
Heap (mathematics) In abstract algebra, a semiheap is an algebraic structure consisting of a non-empty set ''H'' with a ternary operation denoted ,y,z\in H that satisfies a modified associativity property: \forall a,b,c,d,e \in H \quad a,b,cd,e] = , ,c,be= [a,b,[ ...
, a generalization of a group * Heap (programming) (or free store), an area of memory for dynamic memory allocation * Heapsort">Heap (programming)">,c,be= [a,b,[ ...
, 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

* Heap (surname) * Heaps (surname) *
Heap leaching Heap leaching is an industrial mining process used to extract precious metals, copper, uranium, and other compounds from ore using a series of chemical reactions that absorb specific minerals and re-separate them after their division from other e ...
, an industrial mining process *
Heap (comics) The Heap is the name of several fictional comic book muck-monsters, the original of which first appeared in Hillman Periodicals' ''Air Fighters Comics'' #3 ( cover-dated Dec. 1942), during the period fans and historians call the Golden Age of ...
, a golden-age comic book character *
Heap, Bury Heap was an area of Bury, in the county of Lancashire (now Greater Manchester), England. Most of the township was on the south bank of the River Roch. History Heap was formerly a township in the parish of Bury, in 1866 Heap became a separate ...
, a former district in England * "The Heap" (''Fargo''), a 2014 television episode *
High Explosive, Armor-Piercing Armour-piercing ammunition (AP) is a type of projectile designed to penetrate armour protection, most often including naval armour, body armour, and vehicle armour. The first, major application of armour-piercing projectiles was to defeat the t ...
, ammunition and ordnance *
Holocaust Education and Avoidance Pod ''Cryptonomicon'' is a 1999 novel by American author Neal Stephenson, set in two different time periods. One group of characters are World War II–era Allied codebreakers and tactical-deception operatives affiliated with the British Governm ...
, an idea in Neal Stephenson's novel ''Cryptonomicon''


See also

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Skandha ' (Sanskrit) or (Pāḷi) means "heaps, aggregates, collections, groupings, clusters". In Buddhism, it refers to the five aggregates of clinging (), the five material and mental factors that take part in the perpetual process of craving, cli ...
, a concept in Buddhist phenomenology *
Beap A beap, or bi-parental heap, is a data structure for a set (or map, or multiset or multimap) that enables elements (or mappings) to be located, inserted, or deleted in sublinear time. In a beap, each element is stored in a node with up to two par ...
or bi-parental heap, a data structure *
Treap In computer science, the treap and the randomized binary search tree are two closely related forms of binary search tree data structures that maintain a dynamic set of ordered keys and allow binary searches among the keys. After any sequence of i ...
, a form of binary search tree data structure *
Heapey Heapey is a village and civil parish of the Borough of Chorley, in Lancashire, England. The village is two miles from Chorley and on the western fringe of the West Pennine Moors. In 2001 the population was 955, increasing to 1,001 at the 2011 c ...
, a village and civil parish of the Borough of Chorley, in Lancashire, England * Pile (disambiguation) {{disambiguation, surname