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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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| ;API : [[wikipedia:Application programming interface]]
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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, Bibo : (fam.) 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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| ;CMS : [[Webapps|Content Management System]]
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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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| ;CTP : [[Druckvorstufe|Computer to plate]]
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| ;CV : 1. [[Tracking Motion Detection|Computer Vision]]
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| : 2. [[wikipedia:Curriculum vitae]]
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| ;DBIS : Datenbankinformationssystem
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| ;DMX : [[DMX|'''D'''igital '''M'''ultiple'''x''']] a lighting control protocol standard using XLR cables
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| ;dpi : [[Druckvorstufe|dots per inch]]
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| ;DTP : [[Druckvorstufe|Desktop Publishing]]
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| ;ECTS : [[ECTS|European Credit Transfer System]]
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| ;EXPTV : [[EXPTV:Start|Chair Experimentelle Television]]
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| ;EZB : Elektronische Zeitschriftenbibliothek
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| ;FK : Freie Kunst ''a program at the faculty Gestaltung''
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| ;G : Gestaltung ''sometimes the letter '''G''' simply refers to the faculty of art and design''
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| ;GEM : [[Tracking Motion Detection#GEM|Graphics Environment for Multimedia]] an OpenGL extension for Pd
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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, also called “chip”
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| ;IDE : [[wikipedia:Integrated development environment]]
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| ;IFD : [[IFD:Start|Interface-Design]]
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| ;IKKM : [http://www.ikkm-weimar.de International Research Institute for Cultural Technologies and Media Philosophy]
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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]] + Key-Value-Observing
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| ;LAN : Local Area Network
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| ;LASER : Light amplification by stimulated emission of radiation
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| ;LDAP : [[SCC-Services|Lightweight Directory Access Protocol]], [[wikipedia:LDAP]]
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| ;LP : Leistungspunkte, also see [[ECTS|European Credit Transfer System]]
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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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| ;M7b : [[Marienstraße 7b]]
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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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| ;MG : Mediengestaltung ''there is not yet an established acronym for Media Art and Design, Medienkunst/Mediengestaltung''
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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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| ;MoCap : [[Tracking Motion Detection|Motion Capture]]
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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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| ;Thoska : [http://www.uni-weimar.de/cms/intern/thoska.html '''T'''hüringer '''Ho'''chschul- und '''S'''tudentenwerks'''ka'''rte''] that's the student service and identification card''
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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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| ;XHTML : Extensible Hypertext Markup Language
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