I am a not a native speaker but Google Dictionary says this: Heap: "an untidy collection of objects placed haphazardly on top of each other". Example: "a heap

I am a not a native speaker but Google Dictionary says this: Heap: "an untidy collection of objects placed haphazardly on top of each other". Example: "a heap of cardboard boxes" This makes sense as the Unix Heap is just a space containing a random collection of objects with random sizes.