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;UK : Universitätskommunikation ''a service of the university taking care of public relations''
;UK : Universitätskommunikation ''a service of the university taking care of public relations''
;VDV : Van-der-Velde Bau
;VDV : Van-de-Velde Bau ''A building on the campus named after and built by [[wikipedia:Henry van de Velde]]
;VK : Visuelle Kommunikation ''a graphic design program at the faculty Gestaltung''
;VK : Visuelle Kommunikation ''a graphic design program at the faculty Gestaltung''
;VLV : Vorlesungsverzeichnis
;VLV : Vorlesungsverzeichnis

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For newcomers all the acronyms at the university can be confusing to say the least. That's why there is this list.

A
Architektur sometimes the letter A simply refers to the faculty of architecture
B
Bauingenieurwesen sometimes the letter B simply refers to the faculty of civil engeneering
B11
Bauhausstraße 11, Here is the faculty administration and another Mac Pool in the basement
B15
Bauhausstraße 15, Here are some computer pools
BFA
Bachelor of Fine Arts undergraduate students will graduate with this degree
Bib(o)
Bibliothek Library
Bison
Beratungs- und Informations-System online see VLV
BUW
Bauhaus-Universität Weimar
CSS
Cascading Style Sheets
DBIS
Datenbankinformationssystem
ECTS
European Credit Transfer System
EZB
Elektronische Zeitschriftenbibliothek
G
Gestaltung sometimes the letter G simply refers to the faculty of art and design
GMU
Gestaltung medialer Umgebungen
GPS
Global Positioning System
GUI
Graphical User Interface
HfM
Hochschule für Musik Academy of Music Franz Liszt
HTML
Hypertext Markup Language
IC
Integrated Circuit, a chip
IFD
Interface-Design
Int
Integer is a data type in many programming languages
JSON
JavaScript Object Notation
KEW
Künstlerisch-Experimentelle Werkstätten
KVC+KVO
Key-Value-Coding
LAN
Local Area Network
M
Medien sometimes the letter M simply refers to the faculty of media
M5
Marienstraße 5
M18
Marienstraße 18, this is where the StuKo and the students Café is
MFA
Master of Fine Arts graduate students will receive this degree
MIDI
Musical Instruments Digital Interface see also OSC
MK
Medienkultur
MM
Medienmanagement
MVC
Model/View/Controller-Design Pattern
OPAC
Online Public Access Catalogue
OOP
Object-Oriented Programming
OS
Operating System for instance Apple's OS X stands for the tenth version of the OS
OSC
Open Sound Control
OSM
Open Street Map a free and open map source
Pd
Pure Data a programming environment
PHP
PHP Hypertext Processor
Q3
Coudraystraße. A Street named after Clemens Wenzeslaus Coudray. In fact this is not an acronym, it's a phonetic joke in reference to M18, B11 and so forth. Be aware that the number 3 is part of it and not the address. The University's building in that street is number 13.
Regex
Regular Expressions
REWE
Acronym for “Revisionsverband der Westkauf-Genossenschaften” a german supermarket chain
SDK
Software Development Kit
SeaM
Studio für elektroakustische Musik – Studio for electroacoustic Music
SS
Sommersemester – summer semester. Usually this is followed by the year. If not it could be something else.
StuKo
Studierenden Konvent (some other Universities call this Sudentenrat)
SCC
Servicezentrum für Computersysteme und -kommunikation (some other Universities call this Rechenzentrum)
SWS
Semesterwochenstunden
TCP/IP
TCP/IP UDP
UI
User Interface
UK
Universitätskommunikation a service of the university taking care of public relations
VDV
Van-de-Velde Bau A building on the campus named after and built by wikipedia:Henry van de Velde
VK
Visuelle Kommunikation a graphic design program at the faculty Gestaltung
VLV
Vorlesungsverzeichnis
VPN
Virtual Private Network you need to know how to set this up if you want (W)LAN access at the university
Wiki
not an acronym but Haiwaiian for fast. It is the name for a hypertext system for websites where the users can not only read the content but is able to change it online through the browser.
WLAN
Wireless LAN
WS
Wintersemester
XAMP
A combination of different software for web server