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ShadowKnight8702
Nov 4, 2009
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What are Nodes?

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RyanMK
Nov 4, 2009
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ShadowKnight8702 wrote:

What are Nodes?

 In what context is the word used?

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JamesMazur2
Nov 4, 2009
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In a computer analysis, a node refers to a branch of play the computer investigated.  For example, a node with depth 4 from the opening position could be e4 e5 Nf3 Nc6.  The computer would then use a function to calculate the value of that node based on the resulting position.  See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minimax for more. 

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ShadowKnight8702
Nov 5, 2009
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thanks for the help