In programming, it refers to a common pool of memory that is available to the program. The management of the heap is either done by the applications themselves, allocating and deallocating memory as required, or by the operating system or other system program.
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- Microsoft drops 'Family Guy' special
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- Discussion threads 2009-10-27
- Web powerhouses to FCC: We support open Internet
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- Discussion threads 2009-10-14
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- Discussion threads 2009-09-22
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- Discussion threads 2009-08-25
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- Discussion threads 2009-08-17
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- Blog posts 2009-08-12
- One more voice AGAINST geo-engineering to combat global warming
- Fuller, you are spamming ZDNet.Every day your alarmist short blurbs, without any intelligent analysis, becomes boring.Have you ever considered taking a real job?Oh, btw, what happened to your standard 'disclaimer'? Wrong on that also?And what is it, global warming or climate change? You keep on flip flopping.Seriously, get an honorable...
- Discussion threads 2009-08-09
- Apple warns of Mac attack risk via image files
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- Blog posts 2009-08-05
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- Discussion threads 2009-08-04
- Mozilla patches 'critical' Firefox flaws
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- Blog posts 2009-08-03
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- Blog posts 2009-07-27
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