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Can someone please expand the section "Heap-based memory allocation"? How exactly is the Heap data structure utilized in it? thx!

It isn't! Just a coincidence in naming. Good point. Usually the heap is based on one of the discussed allocation algorithms such as free lists or the buddy system. Deco 01:53, 29 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]
Do we know of the history of why it got to be called 'heap' instead of an infinite number of other things and who was the person or company who used the term heap first?
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