Bridge (disambiguation)

Bridge (disambiguation)

A bridge is a structure built so that a transportation route can cross above an obstacle.

Bridge can also refer to:

In entertainment

*Bridge (card game disambiguation), multiple card games
*Bridge (instrument), the device that anchors the strings to or holds the strings above the body of a string instrument, such as a violin or guitar
*Bridge (music), an interlude that connects two parts of song
*The Bridge (documentary film), a film about suicides on the Golden Gate Bridge
*Bridge Records, Inc., a record label
*Hashiwokakero, meaning "build bridges", a Japanese puzzle

People

*Bridge Carson, fictional character
*Frank Bridge, English composer
*Wayne Bridge, footballer who plays for Chelsea FC

Places

* Bridge, Kent, a place in Kent, England
*Bridge River, a river in British Columbia, Canada
*Bridge River Cones, a group of volcanoes in British Columbia, Canada
*Scotland has many place names in the style of Bridge of Allan

In science and technology

In electronics

*Bridge circuits, such as:
**Bridge rectifier, an electronic circuit for converting alternating current to direct current
**Wheatstone bridge, an electronic circuit for comparing resistors, capacitors or inductors to high standards of accuracy
** H-bridge, an electronic circuit which enables DC electric motors to be run forwards or backwards

In computers

*Adobe Bridge, a program included with the Adobe Creative Suite to link the other programs together
*Bridge pattern, a computer science design used to separate an abstraction and its actual implementation
*Network bridge, an electronic device used to connect two computer or telephone network segments
*Protocol bridge, an electronics device or piece of software that translates from one communications protocol or programming API to another

Other science and technology uses

*Bridge (chemical), an unbranched chain of atoms or an atom or a covalent bond connecting two bridgeheads in a polycyclic compound
*Bridge (dentistry), a fixed prosthesis used to replace missing teeth
*Salt bridge, in chemistry, a laboratory device used to connect the oxidation and reduction half-cells of a galvanic cell (electrochemical cell)
*Salt bridge (protein) (or salt bond), in protein chemistry, is the term used to denote chemical bonds between positively and negatively charged side-chains of proteins
*Bridge digital camera, a type of high-end live-preview digital camera that has many features of digital SLRs

Other uses

*Bridge (exercise), most commonly, the balancing of the body on the head and feet
*Bridge (graph theory), an edge whose removal disconnects a graph
*Bridge (grappling), in wrestling, a move intended to dislodge an opponent in top control
*Bridge (prosody), a point in a line of poetry where a break in a word-unit cannot occur
*Bridge (ship), the area of a ship from which it is commanded
*Bridge loan, a short-term loan to cover a gap in time until a new long-term financing is realised
*Bridge program, a higher education program

ee also

* Bridge the gap
* The Bridge


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