Assembly vs Heap - What's the difference?

In computing terms the difference between assembly and heap

is that assembly is in Microsoft .NET, a building block of an application, similar to a DLL, but containing both executable code and information normally found in a DLL's type library. The type library information in an assembly, called a manifest, describes public functions, data, classes, and version information while heap is a data structure consisting of trees in which each node is greater than all its children.

As nouns the difference between assembly and heap

is that assembly is a set of pieces that work together in unison as a mechanism or device while heap is a crowd; a throng; a multitude or great number of people.

As a proper noun Assembly

is the lower legislative body of each of a number of states of the United States, ("the Assembly").

As a verb heap is

to pile in a heap.

assembly

English

Noun

(Freedom of assembly) (assemblies)

A set of pieces that work together in unison as a mechanism or device.

''In order to change the bearing, you must first remove the gearbox assembly .

The act of putting together such set of pieces.

''instructions for assembly

assembly line

A congregation of people in one place for a purpose.

school assembly

freedom of assembly

They stayed together during three dances, went out on to the terrace, explored wherever they were permitted to explore, paid two visits to the buffet, and enjoyed themselves much in the same way as if they had been school-children surreptitiously breaking loose from an assembly of grown-ups.

A legislative body.

the of the United Nations

(military) A beat of the drum or sound of the bugle as a signal to troops to assemble.

(computing)

(computing) In Microsoft .NET, a building block of an application, similar to a DLL, but containing both executable code and information normally found in a DLL's type library. The type library information in an assembly, called a manifest, describes public functions, data, classes, and version information.

Synonyms

* (congregation of people) foregathering

heap

English

(wikipedia heap)

Noun

(en noun)

A crowd; a throng; a multitude or great number of people.

* Francis Bacon

a heap of vassals and slaves

* W. Black

He had heaps of friends.

A pile or mass; a collection of things laid in a body, or thrown together so as to form an elevation.

a heap of earth or stones

* Dryden

Huge heaps of slain around the body rise.

A great number or large quantity of things.

* Bishop Burnet

a vast heap , both of places of scripture and quotations

* Robert Louis Stevenson

I have noticed a heap of things in my life.

(computing) A data structure consisting of trees in which each node is greater than all its children.

* {{quote-news

, year=2012 , date=May 9 , author=Jonathan Wilson , title=Europa League: Radamel Falcao's Atlético Madrid rout Athletic Bilbao , work=the Guardian citation , page= , passage=Every break seemed dangerous and Falcao clearly had the beating of Amorebieta. Others, being forced to stretch a foot behind them to control Arda Turan's 34th-minute cross, might simply have lashed a shot on the turn; Falcao, though, twisted back on to his left foot, leaving Amorebieta in a heap , and thumped in an inevitable finish – his 12th goal in 15 European matches this season.}}

Synonyms

* See also

Verb

(heap)

To pile in a heap.

He heaped the laundry upon the bed and began folding.

To form or round into a heap, as in measuring.

* 1819 , , Otho the Great , Act I, scene II, verses 40-42

Cry a reward, to him who shall first bring

News of that vanished Arabian,

A full-heap’d helmet of the purest gold.

To supply in great quantity.

They heaped praise upon their newest hero.

Derived terms

* heap up

Anagrams

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