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)
- CSS
- Cascading Style Sheets
- ECTS
- European Credit Transfer System
- GMU
- Gestaltung medialer Umgebungen
- GPS
- Global Positioning System
- HTML
- Hypertext Markup Language
- 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
- MVC
- Model/View/Controller-Design Pattern
- OPAC
- Online Public Access Catalogue
- OOP
- Object-Oriented Programming
- OSC
- Open Sound Control
- Pd
- Pure Data a programming environment
- PHP
- PHP Hypertext Processor
- Q3
- Coudraystraße. A Street named after Clemens Wenzeslaus Coudray
- Regex
- Regular Expressions
- 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
- WLAN
- Wireless LAN