Bridge: Usually refers to the distance between the finger holes; in houses without automatic scoring, a player might connect strings of strikes with lines...bridges...to keep the player's streak of strikes alive.

 

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Bridge: The navigation and command center of the vessel. If your cruise offers a tour of the bridge, take it!

Maryland Bridge: The trade name that has become synonymous with any resin bonded fixed partial denture (bridge).

Bridge Programs: Bridge Programs offer students an additional path for transferring to certain four-year colleges or universities. Bridge programs feature a seamless transition as a sophomore after spending . . . View Full Definition

South Bridge: The lower-speed component in the chipset. The South Bridge connects to the PCI bus and contains the IDE interface ports. Normally, it also contains the USB interface and sometimes the CMOS a . . . View Full Definition

Pictbridge: Pictbridge is an international direct-print standard adopted by most major manufacturers of digital cameras and photo printers. With pictbridge, you can connect a compatible camera to a pict . . . View Full Definition

Bridge Mounted (2 and 3-Way Speakers): In combined 2 and 3-way speakers, which have woofers together with a Tweeter, or a Tweeter and a Midrange Driver, the smaller drivers are attached to the woofer by either one of two standard . . . View Full Definition

Bridged Power: Bridging an amplifier, combines the power output of two channels into one channel. Bridging allows the amplifier to drive one speaker with more power than the amp could produce for two speak . . . View Full Definition

North Bridge: The main portion of the motherboard chipset that acts as an interface between the processor and other parts of the motherboard. It contains the cache, main memory, and AGP controllers, as we . . . View Full Definition

Natural Bridge: An arch-shaped rock formation produced by weathering and/or erosion.

Salt Bridge: A tube (often filled with ion-laced agar) that allows two solutions to be in electrical contact without mixing in an electrochemical cell.