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  2. Brozel - Wikipedia

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    Brozel is a contract bridge bidding convention used to intervene after an opposing one notrump (1NT) opening bid. It features the following calls: Double – shows any single suit; advancer bids 2 ♣, after which intervenor corrects to his actual suit (or passes with clubs).

  3. Contract bridge probabilities - Wikipedia

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    Let ′ (,,,) be the probability of an East player with unknown cards holding cards in a given suit and a West player with unknown cards holding cards in the given suit. The total number of arrangements of (+) cards in the suit in (+) spaces is = (+)!

  4. System Management BIOS - Wikipedia

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    Version 1 of the Desktop Management BIOS (DMIBIOS) specification was produced by Phoenix Technologies in or before 1996. [5] [6] Version 2.0 of the Desktop Management BIOS specification was released on March 6, 1996 by American Megatrends (AMI), Award Software, Dell, Intel, Phoenix Technologies, and SystemSoft Corporation. It introduced 16-bit ...

  5. Forcing notrump - Wikipedia

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    Here is a simple approach. Assuming the use of strong 1NT openings, the sequence 1 ♥ - 1 ♠ - 1NT would show a balanced 12-14 HCP with five hearts and 1 ♥ - 1 ♠ - 2NT would show 18-19 HCP with five hearts. Here is a more complex approach: Over a sequence of 1 ♠ - 1NT, opener rebids: 2 ♣ = 12-16, four clubs, or balanced.

  6. Standard American - Wikipedia

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    Standard American is a bidding system for the game of bridge widely used in North America and elsewhere. Owing to the popularization of the game by Charles Goren in the 1940s and 1950s, its early versions were sometimes referred to simply as 'Goren'.

  7. Losing-Trick Count - Wikipedia

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    W E ♠ A543 ♥ KQ2 ♥ A43 ♦ KQ2 ♦ A43 ♣ KQ2 ♣ A43 will yield 13 tricks when played in spades on around 95% of occasions (failing only on a 5:0 trump break or on a ruff of the lead from a 7-card suit). However this combination is valued as only 12 tricks using the basic method (24 minus 4 and 8 losers = 12 tricks); whereas using the NLTC it is valued at 13 tricks (25 minus 12/2 and ...

  8. Firmware - Wikipedia

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    The BIOS firmware used on PCs; The (U)EFI-compliant firmware used on Itanium systems, Intel-based Macs, and many newer PCs; Hard disk drive, solid-state drive, optical disc drive and optical disc recorder firmware [5] Video BIOS of a graphics card

  9. Forcing pass - Wikipedia

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    1 ♥ (1 ♠) 2 ♦ (2 ♠) Pass. Commonly 2 ♦ is forcing to 2NT. Then pass over opposing 2 ♠ is forcing. Here 2 ♦ is natural but the same holds over a conventional call that is forcing. If the convention is a bid forcing only to the next step, such as a Jacoby transfer, then pass is forcing only over a double.