Heap

Allocation through the calling process's default heap.

Module: Windows

Function	Description
GetProcessHeap	Retrieve the default process heap.
HeapAlloc	Allocate a block from a heap.
HeapFree	Release a heap block.
HeapReAlloc	Resize a heap block.

An allocation must be reallocated and freed through the same heap that created it. The process heap handle itself is owned by Windows.