Placing one card on top of another in a pile based on the rules of the game.   There are many different ways of building. The most common methods of   building are:
  * By suit- only cards of the same suit (such as hearts) placed on one another.
  * By color- only cards of the same color (such as red) placed on one another.
  * By alternate color- a red card only on a black card or a black card only on a      red card. (also called by opposite color).
  * By any suit but the same- only cards of different suit (such as spades on      diamonds) placed on one another.
  * Up in sequence- placing a card on the next lower card in rank, such as a      Five    on a Four.
  * Down in sequence- placing a card on the next higher card in rank, such as a      Jack on a Queen.

  A pile that has been spread down, so that all of its cards are visible. Only the   last card in the fan will be completely visible; the other cards will be partially   overlapped and hidden. Fans may be spread left, right, up, or down; fanned   down is the most common.

  Piles of cards where the object is to build upon a base card, usually up in a   sequence. In most games, the foundations are built up by suit, although this   can vary. Also, once cards are moved to foundations, usually they cannot be   moved again. Most solitaire games are won when all the cards have been   moved to the foundations.

  Cards remaining after a layout has been dealt. A hand is generally kept face   down until called for in the game.

  The layout is the ordering or placement of the set of cards on the table (or   screen) that you create at the very start of the game before making any   moves. The layout includes the stock, wastepile, foundations, tableau, and   reserve.

  A single player card game that is generally referred to as "patience" in British   English and "solitaire" in American English, although "solitaire" is gaining   popularity in British English due to the game in Windows.

  A pile of cards. Piles may be squared, so that only the topmost card can be   seen, or they may be spread out in a fan. Piles can be empty, if there are no   cards in them. Most solitaire games involve moving cards among various p   iles, with the goal of eventually getting them all into a particular pile or group   of piles. Refer also foundation, tableau, discard, stock.

  The numerical order of the cards is generally A-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-10-J-Q-K,   with the lowest rank to ace increasing towards right with the king ranked   highest. Some games use a continuous ranking -- downwards from 3-2-A to   K-Q-J, or upwards from J-Q-K to A-2-3. Also, some other games the ace is   ranked above the king. In still other games, the ace may be ranked at the top   or at the bottom as a player chooses.

  A group or pile(s) of cards where building is usually not permitted.In some   games reserve is generally pre-filled with cards from the stock during the   initial deal. These cards can often only be removed from the reserve in   specific ways, which vary from game to game.

  This is a method to randomize the cards in a deck, typically done by hand.   The   deck is split into halves and then riffled back together. This is repeated a   few   times. A mechanical card-shuffler may also be used. In computer   solitaire, the   shuffling is performed by a random-number generator.

  A standard deck of playing cards has four suits: Hearts , Diamonds , Clubs   , and Spades . Each suit has 13 cards (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, J, Q, K, A).

  Single cards, groups of cards, or piles of cards, each of which is used for   transferring cards to foundations as described in each game. The manipulation   of tableau is generally the part of each game that gives it its own distinct   flavor.

  The card that is not overlapped by any other card in a pile. Even when the pile   is fanned down, the topmost card is closest to the bottom of the screen   without being overlapped by any other card.

  Every card has a numerical value associated with it. For number cards the   value is simply the face value of the card (2, 3, 4, etc.). For the other cards,   the ace generally has a value of 1, a jack has a value of 11, a queen has a   value of 12, and a king has a value of 13.

  This varies by game. But generally a game is won when all the cards are put   into some predefined order; filling the foundations; or removing all the cards   from the tableau.