English
tablebase
Blend of table + database.
Proto-Italic *taðlā ‘board’
Latin tabula ‘tablet’
Old English tabele ‘board’
Middle English table ‘the top of a table’
English table
Today it means
noun A computerized database that contains precalculated exhaustive analysis of a chess endgame position, typically used by a computer chess engine during play.
Sources
Sources: Wiktionary, “tablebase”. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.
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