heap vs managed heap

[sra22]

What is the difference between heap and managed heap.

[Guffa]

A heap is a memory area that a memory manager uses for allocating memory. The managed heap is the heaps (four of them) that the memory manager in .NET uses to allocate memory for managed objects. If you allocate unmanaged memory from within .NET, it's allocated from the Windows heap instead of the managed heap. The .NET memory manager allocates memory from the Windows heap to use for the managed heap.

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