We review the main properties, demographics and applications of binary and millisecond radio pulsars. Our knowledge of these exciting objects has greatly increased in recent years, mainly due to successful surveys which have brought the known pulsar population to over 1800. There are now 83 binary and millisecond pulsars associated with the disk of our Galaxy, and a further 140 pulsars in 26 of the Galactic globular clusters. Recent highlights include the discovery of the young relativistic binary system PSR J1906+0746, a rejuvination in globular cluster pulsar research including growing numbers of pulsars with masses in excess of 1.5 M⊙, a precise measurement of relativistic spin precession in the double pulsar system and a Galactic millisecond pulsar in an eccentric (e = 0.44) orbit around an unevolved companion. ELECTRONIC SUPPLEMENTARY MATERIAL Supplementary material is available for this article at 10.12942/lrr-2008-8.

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双星和毫秒脉冲星。

我们回顾了二元和毫秒射电脉冲星的主要特性、人口统计和应用。近年来，我们对这些令人兴奋的天体的了解大大增加，这主要归功于成功的调查，这些调查使已知的脉冲星数量达到 1800 多个。现在有 83 颗双星和毫秒脉冲星与我们银河系的盘有关，还有 140 颗脉冲星位于 26 个银河球状星团中。最近的亮点包括年轻相对论双星系统PSR J1906+0746的发现、球状星团脉冲星研究的复兴，包括质量超过1.5 M⊙的脉冲星数量的增加、双脉冲星系统中相对论自旋进动的精确测量以及围绕未演化伴星运行偏心 (e = 0.44) 轨道的银河毫秒脉冲星。电子补充材料 本文的补充材料可在 10.12942/lrr-2008-8 上找到。