Its name is malloc for memory allocation and what malloc does for us is we say, hmm, the user has typed in a three-letter word.

它为我们分配内存地址,它为用户输入的3个字母单词,分配地址。

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So the heap is a chunk of memory in a computer's RAM that's conceptually allocated to what's called dynamic memory allocation.

堆是在计算机RAM中的一块内存,它可以进行,动态内存分配。

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