Tie Explained

Tie has two principal meanings:

Tie (draw), a finish to a competition with identical results, particularly sports
Necktie, a long piece of cloth worn around the neck or shoulders

Tie or TIE may also refer to:

Engineering and technology

Tie (engineering), a strong component designed to keep two objects closely linked together
Railroad tie, a rectangular support for the rail
Tensilica Instruction Extension, a verilog-like language that is used to describe the instruction extensions to the Xtensa processor core
Time Independent Escape Sequence, a modem protocol

TiE (The Indus Entrepreneurs), a Silicon Valley non-profit
Titanium Metals Corporation, with the stock symbol TIE on the New York Stock Exchange
Transport Initiatives Edinburgh Ltd., an Edinburgh-based public transport company

Tiê (born 1980), Brazilian singer-songwriter
Tahir Tie Domi (born 1969), Canadian retired National Hockey League player
Lie Tie (director) (1913–1996), Chinese film director
Li Tie (born 1977), Chinese retired footballer and Chinese national head coach
Lin Tie (1904–1989), Chinese communist revolutionary leader and politician, first Communist Party Chief and second governor of Hebei province
Esko Tie (1928–2002), Finnish ice hockey player
Wang Tie (born 1957), Chinese former politician
Cathy Tie (born 1996?), Chinese-Canadian bioinformatician and entrepreneur
Tie Xuan (1366–1402), Chinese general
Tie Ying (1916–2009), Chinese politician and major general
Tie Yinghua (born 1993), Chinese kickboxer

See also Chie ("Tie" is the form of Chie in Kunrei-shiki and Nippon-shiki romanization systems)