Heap or HEAP may refer to:
Computing and mathematics
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Heap (data structure), a data structure commonly used to implement a priority queue
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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 \ \ \ \ a,b,cd,e] = ,c,b.html"_ ...
, a generalization of a group
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Heap (programming)
Memory management is a form of resource management applied to computer memory. The essential requirement of memory management is to provide ways to dynamically allocate portions of memory to programs at their request, and free it for reuse when ...
(or free store), an area of memory for dynamic memory allocation
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Heapsort, a comparison-based sorting algorithm
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Heap overflow, a type of buffer overflow that occurs in the heap data area
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Sorites paradox
The sorites paradox (; sometimes known as the paradox of the heap) is a paradox that results from vague predicates. A typical formulation involves a heap of sand, from which grains are removed individually. With the assumption that removing a sing ...
, also known as the paradox of the heap
Other uses
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Heap (surname) Heap is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
* Bob Heap, English footballer
* Brian Heap, British biologist
* Dan Heap, Canadian politician
* David Porter Heap, American engineer
* Fred Heap, English footballer
* Imogen Heap, British ...
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Heaps (surname) Heaps is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
*Abraham Albert Heaps (1885–1954), Canadian politician and labor leader
*Adrian Heaps (born c. 1954), Canadian politician
*Elizabeth Heaps, English academic and archivist
*Jake Heaps (b ...
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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
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Heap (comics), a golden-age comic book character
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Heap, Bury
Heap was a district of Bury, England until it was abolished in 1894 to become parts of the parishes of Heywood, Bury, Bircle and Unsworth
Unsworth is a village and residential area of the Metropolitan Borough of Bury, in Greater Manchester, En ...
, a former district in England
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"The Heap" (''Fargo''), a 2014 television episode
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High Explosive, Armor-Piercing
Armour-piercing ammunition (AP) is a type of projectile designed to penetrate either body armour or vehicle armour.
From the 1860s to 1950s, a major application of armour-piercing projectiles was to defeat the thick armour carried on many wars ...
, ammunition and ordnance
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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 Government Code and ...
, an idea in Neal Stephenson's novel ''Cryptonomicon''
See also
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Skandha
(Sanskrit) or (Pāḷi) means "heaps, aggregates, collections, groupings". In Buddhism, it refers to the five aggregates of clinging (), the five material and mental factors that take part in the rise of craving and clinging. They are also ...
, Buddhist concept describing the aggregated contents of mental activity
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Beap or bi-parental heap, a data structure
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Treap, a form of binary search tree data structure
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Heapey, a village and civil parish of the Borough of Chorley, in Lancashire, England
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Pile (disambiguation)
Pile or Piles may refer to:
Architecture
* Pile, a type of deep foundation
** Screw piles, used for building deep foundations
** Pile bridge, structure that uses foundations consisting of long poles
** Pile lighthouse, a type of skeletal lighth ...
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