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Oceanic Ridge: A sinuous ridge rising from the deep-sea floor

Residual Ridge: A remnant of the alveolar process and soft tissue covering after teeth are removed.

Ridge: An elongated area of high atmospheric pressure that is associated with an area of maximum anticyclonic circulation. The opposite of a trough.

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

Ridge (Alveolar): The alveolar process and its soft tissue covering that remain after the teeth are removed.

Oceanic: Associated with sea-water environments seaward of the shelf-slope break

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

Ridge (Mid-Ocean): An elevated area of the sea floor in the center of an ocean basin with rugged topography, a central rift-valley and recurring seismic activity. Ridges generally stand about 1000 meters to 30 . . . View Full Definition

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.

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