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Definition of to bridge in English English dictionary: A statement, such as an offer, that signals a possibility of accord; An elevated platform above the upper deck of a mechanically propelled ship from which it is navigated and from which all activities on deck can be seen and controlled by the captain, etc; smaller ships have a wheelhouse, and sailing ships were controlled from a quarterdeck
The first officer is on the bridge.; A particular form of one hand placed on the table to support the cue when making a shot in cue sports; A cue modified with a convex arch-shaped notched head attached to the narrow end, used to support a player's (shooter's) cue for extended or tedious shots. Also called a spider; An unintended solder connection between two or more components or pins; A song contained within another song, often demarcated by meter, key, or melody
The lyrics in the song's bridge inverted its meaning.; A rudimentary procedure before definite solution
ECMO is used as a bridge to surgery to stabilize the patient.; An intramolecular valence bond, atom or chain of atoms that connects two different parts of a molecule; the atoms so connected being bridgeheads; To be or make a bridge over something
With enough cable, we can bridge this gorge.; The piece, on string instruments, that supports the strings from the sounding board; An edge which, if removed, changes a connected graph to one that is not connected; {v} to form a bridge over; {n} a building to pass over water on, passage, part of the nose or of a violin; the hard ridge that forms the upper part of the nose; "her glasses left marks on the bridge of her nose"; A data communications device that connects two or more network segments and moves data between them; A device that enables you to link two networks together Bridges are smart enough to know which computers are on which side of the bridge, so they only allow those messages that need to get to the other side to cross the bridge This device improves performance on both sides of the bridge; A device to measure the resistance of a wire or other conductor forming part of an electric circuit; Name of an older card game biritch probably Russian; A valence bond, atom or chain of atoms that connects two different parts of a molecule; the atoms so connected being bridgeheads; or which forms a platform or staging over which something passes or is conveyed; The piece, on string instruments, that support the strings from the sounding board; A low wall or vertical partition in the fire chamber of a furnace, for deflecting flame, etc; Device connecting two separate networks at the OSI Data Link Layer (Level Two Media Access Control Layer) Once bridging is accomplished, the bridge makes interconnected LANs look like a single LAN, passing data between the networks and filtering local traffic There are two key classifications of bridge: those supporting Spanning Tree and, for Token Ring networks, those supporting Source Routing Bridges connect networks using dissimilar protocols and do not interpret the data they carry They control network traffic and security, filtering where necessary to boost network, performance and contain sensitive data to particular LAN areas; A card game played normally with four players playing as two teams of two players each; Any of several electrical devices that measure characteristics such as impedance and inductance by balancing different parts of a circuit; serving of raise them and transmit their vibrations to the body of the instrument; Device that connects and passes packets between two network segments that use the same communications protocol Bridges operate at the data link layer (Layer 2) of the OSI reference model In general, a bridge will filter, forward, or flood an incoming frame based on the MAC address of that frame; Device that connects two or more networks together and forwards packets between them The networks may use dissimilar protocols A bridge operates at the data link layer (layer two) as opposed to a router which operates at layer three Click here for diagram of the seven layer model; make a bridge across; "bridge a river"; To open or make a passage, as by a bridge; 1 To connect one circuit or component to another in parallel When two single line phones share the same line they are said to be Ã¬bridgedÃ® (also known as bridged tap) 2 The interconnection or equipment used between two networks using the same communication protocols, transmission methods and addressing structure Compare with gateway, which connects LANs using different protocols; To span as if with a bridge; To transition from one piece or section of music to another without stopping; A device used for connecting two Local Area Networks (LANs) or two segments of the same LAN; bridges forward packets without analyzing or re-routing them; A construction or natural feature that spans a divide; A bridge is any device that connects two physically distinct network segments, usually at a lower network layer than would a router (lawsona); A bridge is a structure that is built over a railway, river, or road so that people or vehicles can cross from one side to the other. He walked back over the railway bridge. the Golden Gate Bridge; an upper deck where a ship is steered and the captain stands the link between two lenses; rests on nose a denture anchored to teeth on either side of missing teeth a wooden support that holds the strings up a circuit consisting of two branches (4 arms arranged in a diamond configuration) across which a meter is connected the hard ridge that forms the upper part of the nose; "her glasses left marks on the bridge of her nose"; any of various card games based on whist for four players; The bridge of your nose is the thin top part of it, between your eyes. On the bridge of his hooked nose was a pair of gold rimless spectacles; The upper bony ridge of the human nose; Something that bridges the gap between two very different things has some of the qualities of each of these things. the singer who bridged the gap between pop music and opera; A dedicated computer used to connect two different networks It uses data link layer address (i e , ethernet physical addresses) to determine if packets should be passed between the networks; An active network device used to divide a network into mutually isolated segments while maintaining the whole as a single network Bridges operate at the data-link layer of the OSI Reference Model See OSI; The bridge of a pair of glasses is the part that rests on your nose; A switch operating with Layer 2 information only; a MAC-layer device that connects two network segments together; A system which connects two or more local area networks at layer 2; If something or someone acts as a bridge between two people, groups, or things, they connect them. We hope this book will act as a bridge between doctor and patient They saw themselves as a bridge to peace; {f} span, connect with a bridge; A bridge between two places is a piece of land that joins or connects them. a land bridge linking Serbian territories; A device that expands a Local Area Network by forwarding frames between data link layers associated with two separate cables, usually carrying a common protocol Bridges can usually be made to filter certain packets (to forward only certain traffic); A devise that connects a local area network to another local area network that uses the same protocol (for example, Ethernet or token ring) A bridge decides whether a message from you to someone else is going to the local area network in your building or to someone on the local area network in another building across the street A bridge looks at each message on a LAN, "passing" those known to be within the same LAN, and forwarding those known to be on the other interconnected LAN; the link between two lenses; rests on nose; To find a way of getting over, as a difficulty; generally with over; A device that connects two or more LANs (often called subnetworks) that are running the same protocols and cabling This arrangement creates an extended network, in which any two workstations on the linked LANs can share data Bridges use only the bottom two layers of the OSI model; an upper deck where a ship is steered and the captain stands; Bridge is a card game for four players in which the players begin by declaring how many tricks they expect to win. see also suspension bridge; something resembling a bridge in form or function; "his letters provided a bridge across the centuries"; A device that connects two networks as a seamless single network using the same networking protocol, such as TCP/IP DSL modems are typically bridges; a denture anchored to teeth on either side of missing teeth; a structure that allows people or vehicles to cross an obstacle such as a river or canal or railway etc; A structure, usually of wood, stone, brick, or iron, erected over a river or other water course, or over a chasm, railroad, etc; Anything supported at the ends, which serves to keep some other thing from resting upon the object spanned, as in engraving, watchmaking, etc; A prosthesis replacing one or several adjacent teeth; A device which connects two or more computer buses, typically in a transparent manner; connect or reduce the distance between; cross over on a bridge; cross over on a bridge connect or reduce the distance between; A networking device that connects two LANs and forwards or filters data packets between them, based on their destination addresses Bridges operate at the data link level (or MAC-layer) of the OSI reference model, and are transparent to protocols and to higher level devices like routers; A device that connects two local-area networks (LANs) or two segments of the same LAN The two LANs being connected can be alike or dissimilar For example, a bridge can connect an Ethernet with a Token-Ring network Unlike routers, bridges are protocol-independent They simply forward packets without analyzing and re-routing messages Consequently, they're faster than routers, but also less versatile