So we looked around. We examined at our own Digital 100 list of the most valuable private tech companies in the world. We scanned through the Forbes list of America's Largest Private Companies. We looked at the Inc. 500 and the Silicon Valley Business Journal's lists, too.
sty definition: noun pl. sties 1. a pen for pigs 2. any foul or filthy placeOrigin of styMiddle English stie from Old English sti, stig, hall, enclosure, probably from Indo-European base an unverified form st?i-, to stop up, thicken from source ...
For the enclosure for raising pigs, see Sty. For other meanings, see Sty (disambiguation) . An external stye or sty /ËstaÉª/ , also hordeolum /hÉrËdiËÉlÉm/ , is an infection of the sebaceous glands of Zeis at the base of the eyelashes, or an infection of the apocrine sweat glands of Moll. External styes form on the outside of the lids and can be seen as small red bumps.