Tie

Tie has two principal meanings:

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

Tie or TIE may also refer to:

Engineering and technology

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
Tie (engineering), a strong component designed to keep two objects closely linked together
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

Cathy Tie (born 1996?), Chinese-Canadian bioinformatician and entrepreneur
Esko Tie (1928–2002), Finnish ice hockey player
Li Tie (born 1977), Chinese retired footballer and Chinese national head coach
Lie Tie (director) (1913–1996), Chinese film director
Lin Tie (1904–1989), Chinese communist revolutionary leader and politician, first Communist Party Chief and second governor of Hebei province
Tahir Tie Domi (born 1969), Canadian retired National Hockey League player
Tiê (born 1980), Brazilian singer-songwriter
Tie Feiyan (born 1992), Chinese politician
Tie Liu (1933–2024), Chinese writer
Tie Ning (born 1957), Chinese short story writer and politician
Tie Sing (19th-century–1918), Chinese-American chef
Tie Xuan (1366–1402), Chinese general
Tie Ya Na (born 1979), Chinese table tennis player
Tie Ying (1916–2009), Chinese politician and major general
Tie Yinghua (born 1993), Chinese kickboxer
Wang Tie (born 1957), Chinese former politician

Tie (tennis), synonymous with match, but used for team competitions such as the Davis Cup and Fed Cup.
Chie, a Japanese name ("Tie" would be the Kunrei-shiki way of writing "Chie")
Tie (cavity wall), in construction
Tie (music), a musical notation symbol joining two notes without a break
Tie (typography), a punctuation and diacritical sign
TIE fighter (Twin Ion Engine), a starfighter in the Star Wars universe
Twist tie, a piece of wire embedded in paper or plastic