The companies also build them into things that do make money like IE in Windows.
From the independent.co.uk
Find out if your pension will freeze, ie not go up automatically with inflation.
From the telegraph.co.uk
Why did he take 40 years to walk what is about 250-300 km, ie a 10-14 days walk?
From the economist.com
The last time IE was below 50 percent market share appears to be the late 1990s.
From the techcrunch.com
Finding a great deal at Gottschalks earns bragging rights for smart IE shoppers.
From the pe.com
Kosovo anyway doesn't have territorial claims against Serbia i.e Presevo valley.
From the economist.com
I wish we could have shipped some more out though, i.e Berra and Eggert Jonsson.
From the expressandstar.com
What mechanism enables the evolution of this costly behavior, i.e., cooperation?
From the nature.com
We show that the IE can be explained by bistable inhibition of bacterial growth.
From the nature.com
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Internet Explorer: a commercial browser
I.e.: that is to say; in other words
.ie is the Internet country code top-level domain (ccTLD) for Ireland. Registration is open to registrants located in, or with a significant connection to, any part of the island, including Northern Ireland.
In language structure, a diminutive, or diminutive form (abbreviated), is a formation of a word used to convey a slight degree of the root meaning, smallness of the object or quality named, encapsulation, intimacy, or endearment. ...
This is a list of digraphs used in various Latin alphabets. Capitalization involves only the first letter (ch becomes Ch) unless otherwise stated (ij becomes IJ).
(IES) Abbreviation for Illuminating Engineering Society.
(IES) Indian Education Specialist
(IES) Institute of Educational Sciences (U.S. Department of Education).