Forge (disambiguation)

Industry

The industrial term forge may refer to:

• A forge is the hearth where the blacksmith keeps the fire for heating metals to be formed by plastic deformation, usually with hammer on an anvil. The word is also used, by extension, to mean the workplace of a smith or a blacksmith.
• Forging, which is the process of deforming a metal workpiece by working with localized compressive forces.
• A finery forge was a works, where pig iron was fined and forged (drawn out) into bars of wrought iron.
• A bloomery forge, which is where iron ore used to be smelted to produce wrought iron.

Media and arts

• The Forge (Goya), a painting by Francisco Goya
• Forge (comics), a mutant superhero in the Marvel Comics universe who is associated with the X-Men
• Forge (Doctor Who), a fictional black operations organisation from the Big Finish Productions audio plays based on the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who
• "The Forge" (Enterprise episode), an episode of Star Trek: Enterprise
• The Forge, a novel by Radclyffe Hall published in 1924
• Forged (film), a 2010 drama film
• Andrew Forge (1923–2002), a British painter, academic, and art critic

Computer gaming

• a map editor for the Marathon, Halo 3 & Halo Reach video games
• a planned but canceled sequel to LucasArts's adventure game Loom (computer game)
• The Forge (roleplaying game website), dedicated to "indie" roleplaying games

Computer software

• Forge (software), a collaborative software development management system
• a digital audio editing and creation suite, Sound Forge

Place names

Several places are named Forge:

• Clifton Forge, Virginia, USA
• Forge, Powys, Wales
• Ponds Forge International Sports Centre
• Pigeon Forge, Tennessee, USA
• Valley Forge, Pennsylvania, USA

Old Forge may refer to:

• Old Forge, Herefordshire, England
• Old Forge, New York, USA
• Old Forge, Pennsylvania (disambiguation), several places

Other uses

• FORGE Program, a United Nations-sanctioned NGO that links Western students to African refugees
• The Forge (restaurant), a restaurant in Miami Beach, Florida

See also

• Forge World
• The Forge of God
• Geordi La Forge
• Forgery