Tie has two principal meanings: *

Tie (draw) A draw or tie occurs in a competitive sport when the results are identical or inconclusive. Ties or draws are possible in some, but not all, sports and games. Such an outcome, sometimes referred to as deadlock, can also occur in other areas of lif ...

, a finish to a competition with identical results, particularly sports *

Necktie A necktie, or simply a tie, is a piece of cloth worn for decorative purposes around the neck, resting under the shirt collar and knotted at the throat, and often draped down the chest. Variants include the ascot, bow, bolo, zipper tie, cra ...

, a long piece of cloth worn around the neck or shoulders Tie or TIE may also refer to:

Engineering and technology

Tie (engineering) A tie, strap, tie rod, eyebar, guy-wire, suspension cables, or wire ropes, are examples of linear structural components designed to resist tension. It is the opposite of a strut or column, which is designed to resist compression. Ties may be ma ...

, a strong component designed to keep two objects closely linked together *

Railroad tie A railroad tie, crosstie (American English), railway tie (Canadian English) or railway sleeper (Australian and British English) is a rectangular support for the rails in railroad tracks. Generally laid perpendicular to the rails, ties transfer ...

, a rectangular support for the rail *

Tensilica Instruction Extension Tensilica Instruction Extension refers to the proprietary language that is used to customize Tensilica's Xtensa processor core architecture. By using TIE, the user can customize the Xtensa architecture by adding custom instructions and register f ...

, a verilog-like language that is used to describe the instruction extensions to the Xtensa processor core *

Time Independent Escape Sequence The Time Independent Escape Sequence, or TIES, is a modem protocol standard invented to avoid a patent held by Hayes Microcomputer Products. TIES is an escape sequence that switches the modem from "data mode" to "command mode", allowing instructions ...

, a modem protocol

Enterprises and organizations

* TiE (The Indus Entrepreneurs), a Silicon Valley non-profit *

Titanium Metals Titanium Metals Corporation, or most commonly referred to as TIMET, a shortened version of "TItanium METals" that is a registered company trademark. TIMET, founded in 1950, is an American manufacturer of titanium-based metals products, focusing ...

Corporation, with the stock symbol TIE on the New York Stock Exchange * Transport Initiatives Edinburgh Ltd., an Edinburgh-based public transport company

Science

Interpersonal ties In social network analysis and mathematical sociology, interpersonal ties are defined as information-carrying connections between people. Interpersonal ties, generally, come in three varieties: ''strong'', ''weak'' or ''absent''. Weak social ti ...

, in sociology and psychology * TIE receptors, specific types of cell surface receptors

Acronym

* Theatre in Education *

Time for Inclusive Education Time for Inclusive Education (TIE) is a charity and which has a stated aim of addressing prejudice and bullying of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) young people with education in Education in Scotland, Scotland’s schools. The char ...

, an LGBT campaign group in Scotland * Times Interest Earned, a financial ratio

People

* Tiê (born 1980), Brazilian singer-songwriter * Tahir

Tie Domi Tahir "Tie" Domi (born November 1, 1969) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey player. Known as an enforcer, he played for the Toronto Maple Leafs, New York Rangers and Winnipeg Jets over a 16-year NHL career. He is the Maple Leafs' all ti ...

(born 1969), Canadian retired National Hockey League player * Lie Tie (director) (1913–1996), Chinese film director *

Li Tie Li Tie (; born 18 May 1977) is a Chinese professional football coach and former player. As a player he represented Liaoning FC in the Chinese Jia-A League, Everton in the Premier League, Sheffield United in the Football League Championship a ...

(born 1977), Chinese retired footballer and Chinese national head coach *

Lin Tie Lin Tie (; November 1904 – 17 August 1989) was a Communist revolutionary leader and politician of the People's Republic of China (PRC). He served as the first Communist Party Chief and the second Governor of Hebei province of the PRC, but was p ...

(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 Wang Tie (; born October 1957) is a former Chinese politician who served as the Vice Director of Henan People's Congress. He was dismissed from his position in August 2018 and placed under investigation by the Central Commission for Discipline In ...

(born 1957), Chinese former politician *

Cathy Tie Cathy Tie is a Canadian bioinformatician and entrepreneur, the founder of Ranomics, a genetic screening company, and of Locke Bio, a telemedicine company, both based in Toronto. Background and education Tie's family moved from China to Canada wh ...

(born 1996?), Chinese-Canadian bioinformatician and entrepreneur *

Tie Xuan Tie Xuan (; 1366–1402), courtesy name Dingshi (鼎石), was born in Dengzhou, Henan during the Yuan dynasty and was a Semu Hui. He served as a loyal officer to the deposed Ming-dynasty emperor Jianwen. During the Jingnan Campaign, when the ...

(1366–1402), Chinese general *

Tie Ying Tie Ying (; 1916 – February 6, 2009) was a Chinese politician and People's Liberation Army major general. He was born in Nanle County, Henan Province. He was Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party's Zhejiang Zhejiang ( or , ; , also ...

(1916–2009), Chinese politician and major general *

Tie Yinghua Tie Yinghua () is a Chinese kickboxer who competes in the Wu Lin Feng and Glory of Heroes organizations. As of July 2019, he is ranked the #10 featherweight in the world by Combat Press. Championships and awards *Wu Lin Feng ** 2012 Wu Lin ...

(born 1993), Chinese kickboxer

Other uses

Tie (music) In music notation, a tie is a curved line connecting the heads of two notes of the same pitch, indicating that they are to be played as a single note with a duration equal to the sum of the individual notes' values. A tie is similar in appearan ...

, a musical notation symbol joining two notes without a break *

Tie (typography) The tie is a symbol in the shape of an arc similar to a large breve, used in Greek, phonetic alphabets, and Z notation. It can be used between two characters with spacing as punctuation, non-spacing as a diacritic, or (underneath) as a proofread ...

, a punctuation and diacritical sign *

Tie (cavity wall) The tie in a cavity wall is a component used to tie the internal and external walls (or leaves)—constructed of bricks or cement blocks—together, making the two parts to act as a homogeneous unit. It is placed in the cavity wall during constru ...

, in construction *

Twist tie Twist may refer to: In arts and entertainment Film, television, and stage * ''Twist'' (2003 film), a 2003 independent film loosely based on Charles Dickens's novel ''Oliver Twist'' * ''Twist'' (2021 film), a 2021 modern rendition of ''Olive ...

, a piece of wire embedded in paper or plastic *

TIE Fighter The Twin Ion Engine (TIE) fighter is a series of fictional starfighters featured in the '' Star Wars'' universe. TIE fighters are depicted as fast, agile, yet fragile starfighters produced by Sienar Fleet Systems for the Galactic Empire and b ...