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bitboard

noun

Etymology

From bit + board.

  1. derived from *bʰers-✻ — “tip, top”
  2. inherited from *burdą✻ — “board, plank; edge; table”
  3. inherited from *bord✻
  4. inherited from bord
  5. inherited from boord
  6. compounded as bitboard — “bit + board”

Definitions

  1. A specialized data structure, a bitset with each bit representing a game position or…

    A specialized data structure, a bitset with each bit representing a game position or state, commonly used in computer systems that play board games.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for bitboard. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

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