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Jason Rumney <jasonrumney@gmail.com> writes:

>> e.
>>    What does the letter i mean?... in
>>    C-r  isearch-backward
>>    C-s  isearch-forward
>
> Interactive.  isearch shows matches as you type, it does not wait
> until you hit <return> like search-forward does.

Actually, it stands for incremental rather than interactive.