| A.I. |
abbreviation of "artificial intelligence." |
| B.W.I. |
abbreviation of "British West Indies," the Caribbean islands that are members of the Commonwealth, such as Jamaica, the Bahamas, Barbados, and Trinidad and Tobago. |
| Constantine I |
the ruler of the Roman Empire in 306-37 A.D. (b.280A.D.?--d.337 A.D.). |
| Elizabeth I |
the queen of England from 1558 to 1603 (b.1533--d.1603). |
| I Ching |
an ancient Chinese book of divination that employs chance and is based on the idea that each moment in time is unique for each person; Book of Changes. |
| I formation |
in football, an offensive formation in which the halfback and fullback line up directly behind the quarterback. |
| I-beam |
a steel beam, used for construction, whose cross section resembles the capital letter I in shape. |
| i.e. |
abbreviation of "id est" (Latin); that is. |
| I.R.A. |
abbreviation of "Irish Republican Army." |
| Napoleon I |
a Corsican-born French general who was emperor of France from 1804 to 1815; Napoleon Bonaparte (b.1769--d.1821). |
| P.I. |
abbreviation of "private investigator." |
| R.I.P. |
abbreviation of "requiescat in pace" (Latin); may he, or she, rest in peace. |
| RI |
abbreviation of "Rhode Island," a New England state on the Atlantic coast between Connecticut and Massachusetts. |
| World War I |
a major four-year war fought primarily in Europe between the Allies, including France, Great Britain, and the United States, and the Central Powers, including Germany and Austria-Hungary, that ended in 1918 with the collapse of the Central Powers; Great War. |