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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, heaps can become fragmented as small pieces of memory are used and freed. In formal computer science terms, a heap is the same as a partially ordered tree.
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Heap - In TELECOM Digest V23 #404, Shalom Septimus wrote(in part): Remember that Spanish comedian that had a sock on his hand that he would talk to? Senor Wences, I think was his name. He'd talk, and the sock (with a face drawn on it) would answer him. The insane Central American dictator in the movie "The Inlaws" did the same sort of thing without the sock (he had the face drawn right on his thumb and forefinger, if I remember correctly -- been a while since I saw that picture).Senor Wences himself used a drawn-on face, rather than a sock -- onhis Ed Sullivan appearances, at least. I dimly recall that he wouldpull a black wristlet onto his arm, draw the face on his thumb andthe base of his index finger, and put a tiny wig over his knuckles asSullivan backed away and the lights went down.There was another Wences character on the Sullivan show that was justan articulated puppet head in a box, as I vaguely recall it.Paul A Lee Sr Telecom Engineer Rite Aid Corporation HL-IS-COM (Telecomm) V: +1 717 730-835530 Hunter Lane, Camp Hill, PA 17011-2410 F: +1 717 975-3789P.O. Box 3165, Harrisburg, PA 17105-3165 W: +1 717 805-6208
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