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