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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.

B11: Bauhausstraße 11, Here is the faculty administration and another Mac Pool in the basement
B15: Bauhausstraße 15, Here are some computer pools
Bison: Beratungs- und Informations-System online see VLV
BUW: Bauhaus-Universität Weimar
CSS: Cascading Style Sheets
ECTS: European Credit Transfer System
GMU: Gestaltung medialer Umgebungen
GPS: Global Positioning System
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
M5: Marienstraße 5
M18: Marienstraße 18, this is where the StuKo and the students Café is
MIDI: Musical Instruments Digital Interface see also OSC
MVC: Model/View/Controller-Design Pattern
OPAC: Online Public Access Catalogue
OOP: Object-Oriented Programming
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
SDK: Software Development Kit
SeaM: Studio für elektroakustische Musik – Studio for electroacoustic Music
SS: Sommersemester – 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
VDV: Van-der-Velde Bau
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

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 ;B11 : Bauhausstraße 11, Here is the faculty administration and another Mac Pool in the basement
 ;B15 : Bauhausstraße 15, Here are some computer pools
-;Bison : Beratungs und informations system online (see VLV)
+;Bison : Beratungs- und Informations-System online ''see VLV''
 ;BUW : Bauhaus-Universität Weimar
 ;CSS : [[CSS|Cascading Style Sheets]]
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 ;M5 : Marienstraße 5
 ;M18 : Marienstraße 18, this is where the StuKo and the students Café is
+;MIDI : Musical Instruments Digital Interface ''see also OSC''
 ;MVC : [[MVC|Model/View/Controller]]-Design Pattern
 ;OPAC : Online Public Access Catalogue
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 ;VLV : Vorlesungsverzeichnis
 ;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
-;Wiki : not an acronym but Haiwaian 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.
+;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
+;WLAN : Wireless ''LAN''
 ;WS : Wintersemester
 ;XAMP : [[PHP|A combination of different software for web server]]
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