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heap - [computing] In computer programming, a variation on the binary tree data structure in which each node's value is greater than the value of its leaf nodes. Sorting data in a heap allows an element to be located more quickly than it could be found in an ordinary list.
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Source: esri, 09 May 2012 08:59:22, http://support.esri.com/en/knowledgebase/GISDictionary/term/abbreviation
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