Sep 17, 2008 · What are the stack and heap? Where are they located physically in a computer's memory? To what extent are they controlled by the OS or language run-time? What is their …

Feb 22, 2010 · A memory heap is a location in memory where memory may be allocated at random access. Unlike the stack where memory is allocated and released in a very defined …

Apr 14, 2009 · Besides the obvious answer of a Priority Queue, when would a heap be useful in my programming adventures?

Why are the runtime heap used for dynamic memory allocation in C-style languages and the data structure both called "the heap"? Is there some relation?

I am getting confused with memory allocation basics between Stack vs Heap. As per the standard definition (things which everybody says), all Value Types will get allocated onto a Stack and …

May 21, 2018 · When I use !heap -l to find leak, one of the heap entry returned is 00000000002e73d0 on heap 0000000000270000. But when I use !heap -a …

Mar 18, 2012 · 943 Can someone help explain how can building a heap be O (n) complexity? Inserting an item into a heap is O (log n), and the insert is repeated n/2 times (the remainder …

The heap is part of your process's address space. The heap can be grown or shrunk; you manipulate it by calling brk(2) or sbrk(2). This is in fact what malloc(3) does. Allocating from …

May 27, 2011 · What is the difference between a heap and BST? When to use a heap and when to use a BST? If you want to get the elements in a sorted fashion, is BST better over heap?

Jun 22, 2009 · A heap is a tree data structure where higher levels of the tree always contain greater (or lesser, if it's set up that way) values than lower levels. "The" heap is a bunch of free …