heap

tree-based data structure in computer science
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heap

Summary

heap is an abstract data type[1]. heap ranks in the top 6% of abstract_data_type entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,027 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • heap's instance of is recorded as abstract data type[3].
  • heap's subclass of is recorded as tree[4].
  • heap's has use is recorded as priority queue[5].
  • heap's Commons category is recorded as Heap data structures[6].
  • heap's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/03mwv[7].
  • heap's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Heaps (data structures)[8].
  • heap's Stack Exchange tag is recorded as https://stackoverflow.com/tags/heap[9].
  • heap's Stack Exchange tag is recorded as https://cs.stackexchange.com/tags/heaps[10].
  • heap's different from is recorded as Kopiec[11].
  • heap's different from is recorded as heap[12].
  • heap's different from is recorded as priority queue[13].
  • heap's BabelNet ID is recorded as 16821720n[14].
  • heap's MathWorld ID is recorded as Heap[15].
  • heap's Rosetta Code page ID is recorded as Arena_storage_pool[16].
  • heap's Dictionary of Algorithms and Data Structures ID is recorded as heap[17].
  • heap's maintained by WikiProject is recorded as WikiProject Mathematics[18].
  • heap's Microsoft Academic ID is recorded as 134757568[19].
  • heap's Brilliant Wiki ID is recorded as heaps[20].
  • heap's PlanetMath ID is recorded as Heap[21].
  • heap's Treccani's Enciclopedia della Matematica ID is recorded as heap[22].
  • heap's OpenAlex ID is recorded as C134757568[23].

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Designation and Status

heap's instance of is recorded as abstract data type[3].

Why It Matters

heap ranks in the top 6% of abstract_data_type entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,027 views/month).[2] heap has Wikipedia articles in 27 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[24] heap is known by 17 alternative names across languages and contexts.[25]

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . BabelNet. wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . OpenAlex. Retrieved . docs.openalex.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [24] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [25] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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