The document discusses heaps and their implementation and applications. It defines heaps as binary trees that satisfy the heap property, where each node is greater than or equal to its children (for min-heaps) or less than or equal (for max-heaps). Heaps can be implemented efficiently using arrays, allowing for fast insertion, deletion, and finding the maximum/minimum element. The document outlines heap operations and provides examples of heap construction. Common applications of heaps discussed are priority queues, selection algorithms, and heapsort.