Bridge (disambiguation)

Card games

• Bridge whist or straight bridge, derived from whist
• Auction bridge, a further derivation popular in the early 20th century
• Contract bridge, the modern form of the game
  • Two main variants:
    • Duplicate bridge, in which the same set of deals are played by all competitors
    • Rubber bridge, the basic game, where two partnerships play until one has won two games, called a rubber
  • Additional variants:
    • Chicago (bridge card game), which is played similarly to rubber bridge but a session is limited to four deals
    • Singaporean bridge or floating bridge, a re-invention of the game with very different rules

Films

• Bridge (1949 film), a Chinese film
• Bridge (1988 film), a USA–USSR film
• Bridge (2020 film), an Indian Assamese-language drama film

Literature

• Bridge, a 2014 novel by Patrick Jones^{[citation needed]}

Music

Musical instruments

• Bridge (instrument), the device that anchors the strings to or holds the strings above the body of a stringed instrument
  • 3rd bridge, an additional bridge added to a stringed instrument

Other arts, entertainment, and media

• Bridge Carson, a Power Rangers character
• Bridge (studio), a Japanese animation studio
• W281BE, a radio station licensed to Fort Mill, South Carolina, United States called 104.1 the Bridge
• Bridge (sculpture), a public art work by Peter Flanary, in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States
• Bridge (Shachtman), a sculpture by Stephen Shachtman, in Denver, Colorado, United States
• Bridge (web series), a Maldivian comedy drama series by Amjad Ibrahim
• Bridge Theatre, a performing arts theater near Tower Bridge in London, England
• Bridge Summit, an international conference and trade show, based in the United Arab Emirates

Electronics

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

Computers

• Adobe Bridge, digital asset management software
• Bridge pattern, a computer science design used to separate an abstraction and its actual implementation
• Network bridge, computer networking device that creates a single, aggregate network from multiple communication networks
• Northbridge (computing) and Southbridge (computing): two chips in the core logic chipset architecture on a PC motherboard
• Protocol bridge, an electronics device or piece of software that translates from one communications protocol or programming API to another

Engineering and technology

• Bridge camera, generally considered to fill the niche between single-lens reflex (SLR) and compact point-and-shoot cameras

Chemistry

• Bridge (chemical), an unbranched chain of atoms or an atom or a covalent bond connecting two bridgeheads in a polycyclic molecule
• A bridging ligand in inorganic chemicals
• A disulfide bridge found in proteins
  • 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
  • Salt bridge, in chemistry, a laboratory device used to connect the oxidation and reduction half-cells of a galvanic cell (electrochemical cell)

Other Sciences

• British Mid-Ocean Ridge Initiative