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Heap or HEAP may refer to:

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  • Computing and mathematics
  • Other uses
  • See also

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

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