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Bitboard

A bitboard is a specialized bit array data structure commonly used in computer systems that play board games, where each bit corresponds to a game board space or piece.

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In chess

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Other games

Othello

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Bitboard

Nodes49
Edges48
Triples66
Avg. degree1.96
Density0.040816
Components1

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Bitboard

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related to history · 15
Bitboard → Amdahl, Arthur Samuel, Chess, Crafty, Cray, Cray Blitz, Dark Thought, For, Kaissa, Northwestern University, Professor Robert Hyatt, Rotated, Soviet Union, The, They
related to Other games · 8
Bitboard → AND, In Connect Four, In Conway's Game, Life, Many, Othello, Reversi, They
related to Description · 7
Bitboard → AND, Bitboards, Boolean, Each, For, If, Multiple
related to Magic bitboards · 6
Bitboard → Bishop, Early, Magic, Now, Queen, Rook
related to Standard · 6
Bitboard → Any, Bitboards, In, Many, Other, Two
related to In chess · 5
Bitboard → Analogously, Bitboards, Separate, The, This
related to Othello · 5
Bitboard → An Othello, Edax, Othello, Reversi, See
related to Incremental update · 4
Bitboard → Reforming, Some, This, Without
related to Auxiliary bitboard representations · 3
Bitboard → Alternate, For, The
is a · 2
Bitboard → specialized bit array data structure commonly used in computer systems that play board games, specialized bit field

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bitboards chess board magic piece pieces attack bitwise bits game lookup table number operations occupancy array rotated one two bit

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SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
Bitboardis aspecialized bit array data structure commonly used in computer systems that play board games0.90text
Bitboardis aspecialized bit field0.90text
one representing the first rankinstance ofBitboards can also be constants0.80text
which would have one bits in positions 0 - 7instance ofBitboards can also be constants0.80text
Bitboardrelated to Auxiliary bitboard representationsFor0.60section
Bitboardrelated to Auxiliary bitboard representationsAlternate0.60section
Bitboardrelated to Auxiliary bitboard representationsThe0.60section
Bitboardrelated to CheckersCheckers Bitboard Tutorial0.60section
Bitboardrelated to CheckersJonathan Kreuzer0.60section
Bitboardrelated to DescriptionBoolean0.60section
Bitboardrelated to DescriptionEach0.60section
Bitboardrelated to DescriptionBitboards0.60section

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