Computer Science / Unit 3 CS 0110 short lesson, about 20 seconds
The Binary Heap
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The idea
A binary heap is a binary tree organized by the heap property — every node's priority at least its children's — keeping the highest-priority element at the root.
In practice
An emergency queue keeps the most urgent patient on top, whatever order patients arrived.
Where people slip
Not a search tree; the root is the one promise.
Your place on the trail
Every lesson rests on earlier ones and opens later ones. Tap any to jump.
Builds on
Unlocks
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