For newcomers all the acronyms at the university can be confusing to say the least. That's why there is this list.
- A
- Architektur sometimes the letter A simply refers to the faculty of architecture
- API
- wikipedia:Application programming interface
- 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, Bibo
- (fam.) Bibliothek Library
- Bison
- Beratungs- und Informations-System online see VLV
- BUW
- Bauhaus-Universität Weimar
- CMS
- Content Management System
- CMYK
- Cyan Magenta Yellow Key Colorspace
- CMYKGO
- Cyan Magenta Yellow Key Green Orange Colorspace (Hexachrome)
- CSS
- Cascading Style Sheets
- CTP
- Computer to plate
- CV
- 1. Computer Vision
- 2. wikipedia:Curriculum vitae
- DBIS
- Datenbankinformationssystem
- DMX
- DMX Lighting protocol
- dpi
- dots per inch
- DTP
- Desktop Publishing
- ECTS
- European Credit Transfer System
- EXPTV
- Chair Experimentelle Television
- EZB
- Elektronische Zeitschriftenbibliothek
- 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
- GUI
- Graphical User Interface
- HfM
- Hochschule für Musik Academy of Music Franz Liszt
- HKS
- Color system by Hostmann-Steinberg Druckfarben, Kast + Ehinger Druckfarben und H. Schmincke & Co.
- HSB
- Hue Saturation Brightness Colorspace
- HTML
- Hypertext Markup Language
- IC
- Integrated Circuit, also called “chip”
- IDE
- wikipedia:Integrated development environment
- IFD
- Interface-Design
- IKKM
- International Research Institute for Cultural Technologies and Media Philosophy
- 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
- 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
- M5
- Marienstraße 5
- M7b
- Marienstraße 7b
- M18
- Marienstraße 18, this is where the StuKo and the students Café is
- 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
- MVC
- Model/View/Controller-Design Pattern
- OPAC
- Online Public Access Catalogue
- OOP
- Object-Oriented Programming
- OS
- Operating System for instance Apple's OS X stands for the tenth version of the OS
- 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.
- RAL
- Color system Reichs-Ausschuss für Lieferbedingungen
- Regex
- Regular Expressions
- REWE
- Acronym for “Revisionsverband der Westkauf-Genossenschaften” a german supermarket chain
- RGB
- Red Green Blue Colorspace
- 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)
- SCC
- Servicezentrum für Computersysteme und -kommunikation (some other Universities call this Rechenzentrum)
- SWS
- Semesterwochenstunden
- TCP/IP
- TCP/IP UDP
- Thoska
- Thüringer Hochschul- und Studentenwerkskarte that's the student service and identification card
- 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
- 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 user may not only read the content but is also able to change it instantaneously through the browser.
- WLAN
- Wireless LAN
- WS
- Wintersemester
- XAMP
- A combination of different software for web server
- XHTML
- Extensible Hypertext Markup Language