Free memory managed dynamically by running programs

A portion of memory reserved for a program to use for the temporary storage of data structures whose existence or size cannot be determined until the program is running. The program can request free memory from the heap to hold such elements, use it as necessary, and later free the memory. Programming languages such as C and Pascal include functions and procedures for requesting and freeing memory from the heap. Unlike another reserved portion of memory called the stack, the heap is allocated in differently sized blocks according to the needs of the program. These blocks may come from various portions of the heap – wherever a block of sufficient size happens to be. As the program continues running, the heap becomes fragmented, and a process known as heap compaction might be needed to merge small blocks into larger units and enable memory to be used more efficiently. In sorting, a complete binary tree with the property that the value of any node is not exceeded by the value of either of its children.

(also known as free store, freestore) The heap or free store is the memory area managed by dynamic allocation. This use of heap is unconnected with the data structure used by the heapsort algorithm.

Memory that is dynamically allocated by the system. Unlike stack memory, heap memory can be allocated or de-allocated at any point during program execution.

An area of dynamic storage in which user-created Lisp objects are allocated and deallocated.

arrange in stacks; "heap firewood around the fireplace"; "stack your books up on the shelves"

a block of storage within which pieces are allocated and freed in some relatively unstructured mannner

a byte-stream file which is buffered in available memory

a collection of contiguous chunks of memory , as shown below in Figure

a contiguous area of memory used to contain and manage one or more smaller chunks of memory

a predefined area of memory which can be accessed by the program to store data and variables

a reserved area of memory

Memory area where all non-immediate values are allocated.

The area in memory available for read/write.

area in the memory where objects are stored. [ edit

(1) Any list-structured amount of data. (2) The abstract data type containing all list-structured amounts of data, and nothing else. (3) A software unit that is able to maintain the heap ADT on the top of a conventional linear memory architecture.

an area of memory from which space for dyanamic structures are allocated

A synonym for what Ada refers to as a storage pool.

Most commonly, this is a segment of memory claimed by a program. Within the heap, pieces of memory can be used and freed as needed. Depending on usage,...

A block of data storage space allocated to a programmer for writing a program or a specific program function.

programming: The free memory that is allocated to the different applications you are running at any one time. The heap is governed by the Memory Manager, a vital part of the Macintosh Toolbox. Sometimes when the computer seems to pause, the Memory Manager is moving blocks of data around to compact the heap and open up large contiguous empty blocks.

A portion of memory reserved for graphics.

An area of storage used for allocation of storage whose lifetime is not related to the execution of the current routine. The heap consists of the initial heap segment and zero or more increments.

A session's unique storage area. Every event handler receives a parameter that gives it access to the current session's heap. They may use this to store or access persistent data between events. see: dispatch, event fields, event handler parameters, runstate, session

An object that provides dynamic storage for a procedure. The object is part of the activation group and is deleted when the activation group is deleted. See dynamic storage.

an area of computer memory where data structures can be allocated and freed dynamically.

The area of memory set aside for user programs. Synonymous with the base memory. gooba yaadannaa View

A name for the memory the program can use for it's own purposes. Does not include the stack or any code that is in memory. The most common use for this memory is to declared variables in it. These variables can be said to be 'in the heap.' These variables exist outside of any scope, and can be said to be global, but they can only be accessed through pointers, which follow normal scope rules. It is important to free any memory allocated from the heap; failure to do so causes a memory leak.

See pool memory.

A collection of dynamically allocated variables.

a binary tree with the propriety that every node is greater than it's children

a classic data structure studied in computer science

a complete binary tree with a particular ordering property between the parent's key and the children's keys

a data structure that stores data in a tree such that the smallest (or largest) element is always the root node

a data structure which implements the priority queue abstract data type

a form of binary tree

a form of efficient self-sorting tree

a kind of binary tree represented by an array

a partially sorted binary tree

a partially sorted structure that is always able to easily extract the smallest of the elements in the structure (or the largest if a reversed compare routine is provided)

a priority-queue -- it has the property that you may insert elements in any order, but always retrieve the highest-priority element first

a randomly accessed structure which must be loaded into an application context

a really interesting data structure

a special kind of a binary tree A binary tree is a data structure where each node has two children, the left and the right child

a special kind of balanced binary tree

a structure which can be used to implement a priority queue so that the Add and RemoveMin operations both take O(log N) time

a tree in which each node is smaller than either of its // children (and thus than any of its descendants)

a tree structure embedded in a vector

a very important data structure in computing

In computer science, a heap is a specialized tree-based data structure that satisfies the heap property. Its base datatype (used for node keys) must be an ordered set.

(3) a large, engineered pile of ore over which chemical agents such as cyanide are sprinkled in in the process of extracting metals by heap leaching.

a random pile of stuff

an unenclosed compost pile.

It is where data piles up.

a pile on which cards are stacked regardless of rank, suit, sequence, or order.

a collection that represents a random grouping that is converted into a temporal line after mixing its substructure and then processing it sequentially like a Thread

an even more complicated and defensive maneuver than the Row

a particular way of ordering the elements in a range of Random Access Iterators (f, l)

An unordered flat collection that allows duplicate elements. See key bag.