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
- Bib(o)
- Bibliothek Library
- Bison
- Beratungs- und Informations-System online see VLV
- BUW
- Bauhaus-Universität Weimar
- CSS
- Cascading Style Sheets
- DBIS
- Datenbankinformationssystem
- ECTS
- European Credit Transfer System
- EZB
- Elektronische Zeitschriftenbibliothek
- GMU
- Gestaltung medialer Umgebungen
- GPS
- Global Positioning System
- GUI
- Graphical User Interface
- 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
- UI
- User Interface
- UK
- Universitätskommunikation a service of the university taking care of public relations
- VDV
- Van-der-Velde Bau
- 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
- 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