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What does lookahead mean?

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  1. (computing) The analysis in advance of subsequent decisions that would be made if a particular branch of an algorithm was followed.
  2. (computing) The analysis of the subsequent characters before the regular expression is matched.
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Our computer chess program uses lookahead to avoid difficult endgames.

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