Terminology

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A
Architektur - sometimes the letter A simply refers to the faculty of architecture
AAAAA
American Association Against Acronym Abuse
ACK
Acknowledge
AFAIK
As Far As I Know
AJAX
Asynchronous Javascript and XML
API
wikipedia:Application Programming Interface
ASAP
As Soon As Possible
AWGTHTGTATA
Are We Going To Have To Go Through All This Again
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
(fam.) Bibliothek – Library
Bibo
(fam.) Bibliothek – Library
Bison
Beratungs- und Informations-System online →VLV
BPM
Beats per minute
BUW
Bauhaus-Universität Weimar
CD
1. Corporate Design 2. Compact Disc
CI
Corporate Identity (Erscheinungsbild)
CMS
Content Management System
CMYK
Cyan Magenta Yellow Key Colorspace
CMYKGO
Cyan Magenta Yellow Key Green Orange Colorspace (Hexachrome)
CPU
Central Processing Unit, an →IC, generally refered to as the processor in a computer
CSS
Cascading Style Sheets
CTP
Computer to plate
CUDA
Compute Unified Device Architecture
CV
1. Computer Vision, 2. wikipedia:Curriculum vitae
DBIS
Datenbankinformationssystem
DMX
Digital MultipleX is a lighting control protocol standard using XLR cables
dpi
dots per inch
DTP
Desktop Publishing
DVI
Digital Visual Interface
ECTS
European Credit Transfer System
EXPTV
Chair Experimentelle Television
EZB
Elektronische Zeitschriftenbibliothek
FK
Freie Kunst – a program at the faculty Gestaltung
FLOSS
Free/Libre Open Source Software
FPS
Frames per second
FTP
File Transport Protocol
G
Gestaltung sometimes the letter G simply refers to the faculty of art and design
Gem
Graphics Environment for Multimedia an OpenGL extension for →Pd
GMU
Gestaltung medialer Umgebungen
GPS
Global Positioning System
GPU
Graphics Processing Unit, the main →IC on a graphics adapter (Grafikkarte)
GS
Hauptgebäude Geschwister-Scholl-Straße
GUI
Graphical User Interface
HfM
Hochschule für Musik Academy of Music Franz Liszt
HIG
Human Interface Guidelines
HKS
Color system by Hostmann-Steinberg Druckfarben, Kast + Ehinger Druckfarben und H. Schmincke & Co.
HSB
Hue Saturation Brightness Colorspace
HTML
Hypertext Markup Language
HTTP
HyperText Transfer Protocol
IC
Integrated Circuit, also called “chip”
IDE
wikipedia:Integrated development environment
IFD
Interface-Design
IIRC
If I Remember Correctly
IKKM
International Research Institute for Cultural Technologies and Media Philosophy
Int
Integer is a data type in many programming languages
JSON
JavaScript Object Notation
JSON
JavaScript Object Notation Format
KEW
Künstlerisch-Experimentelle Werkstätten
KVC
Key-Value-Coding
KVO
Key-Value-Observing
LAN
Local Area Network
LASER
Light amplification by stimulated emission of radiation
LDAP
Lightweight Directory Access Protocol, wikipedia:LDAP
LP
Leistungspunkte, also see European Credit Transfer System
M
Medien – sometimes the letter M simply refers to the faculty of media
M18
Marienstraße 18, this is where the StuKo and the students Café is
M5
Marienstraße 5
M7b
Marienstraße 7b
MFA
Master of Fine Arts – graduate students will receive this degree
MG
Mediengestaltung (there is not yet an established acronym for Media Art and Design, Medienkunst/Mediengestaltung)
MIDI
Musical Instruments Digital Interface see also →OSC
MK
Medienkultur
MM
Medienmanagement
MoCap
Motion Capture
Moodle
Modular Object-Oriented Dynamic Learning Environment
MVC
Model/View/Controller-Design Pattern
OCR
Optical Character Recognition (Convert scanned images to text documents)
OOP
Object-Oriented Programming
OPAC
Online Public Access Catalogue
OS
Operating System – for instance Apple's OS X stands for the tenth version of the OS
OSC
Open Sound Control
OSS
Open Source Software
OSM
Open Street Map a free and open map source
Pd
Pure Data a dataflow 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.
QR
Quick Response Code - zweidimensionaler (Bar-)Code (Software in vielen mobilen Endgeräten mit Kamera enthalten)
QR-Code
Quick Response Code - zweidimensionaler (Bar-)Code (Software in vielen mobilen Endgeräten mit Kamera enthalten)
RAL
Color system Reichs-Ausschuss für Lieferbedingungen
Regex
Regular Expressions
REWE
Acronym for “Revisionsverband der Westkauf-Genossenschaften” – a german supermarket chain
RFID
Radio-Frequency Identification
RGB
Red Green Blue Colorspace
RTFM
Read the Fu**ing Manual
SCC
Servicezentrum für Computersysteme und -kommunikation (some other Universities call this Rechenzentrum)
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)
SVG
Scaleable Vector Graphics
SWS
Semesterwochenstunden
TCP/IP
TCP/IP UDP
Thoska
Thüringer Hochschul- und Studentenwerkskarte that's the student service and identification card
TOC
Table of contents – Inhaltsverzeichnis
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
VGA
Video Graphics Array
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
Haiwaiian for fast (not an acronym). 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.
WLAN
Wireless →LAN
WS
Wintersemester
WYSIWYG
What You See Is What You Get - Codeless Visual Editor
XAMP
A combination of different software for web server
XHTML
Extensible Hypertext Markup Language →HTML