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AAAAA: American Association Against Acronym Abuse
ACK: Acknowledge
AFAIK: As Far As I Know
AJAX: Asynchronous Javascript and XML
API: Application Programming Interface
ASAP: As Soon As Possible
AWGTHTGTATA: Are We Going To Have To Go Through All This Again
B11: Bauhausstraße 11
B15: Bauhausstraße 15
BCI: Brain-Computer Interface
BFA: Bachelor of Fine Arts – undergraduate students will graduate with this degree
BFI: 1. Bauhaus Film Institute 2. British Film Institute
Bib: (fam.) Bibliothek – Library
Bibo: (fam.) Bibliothek – Library
Bison: Beratungs- und Informations-System online →VLV
BPM: Beats per minute
BUW: Bauhaus-Universität Weimar
CD: 1. Corporate Design 2. Compact Disc
CI: Corporate Identity (Erscheinungsbild)
CMS: Content Management System
CMYK: Cyan Magenta Yellow Key Colorspace
CMYKGO: Cyan Magenta Yellow Key Green Orange Colorspace (Hexachrome)
CPU: Central Processing Unit, an →IC, generally refered to as the processor in a computer
CSS: Cascading Style Sheets
CTP: Computer to plate
CUDA: Compute Unified Device Architecture
CV: 1. Computer Vision, 2. wikipedia:Curriculum vitae
DAU: Dümmster anzunehmender User – abwertender Begriff für einen NooB in Anlehnung an den GAU (Größter anzunehmender Unfall)
DAW: Digital audio workstation – combination of hardware and software to create music and sound digitally
DBIS: Datenbankinformationssystem
DIP: Dual Inline Package. An IC which comes in DIP package has 2 rows of contacts. Wikipedia:Dual in-line package
DM: Direct Message (Direktnachricht, auch → PM)
DMX: Digital MultipleX is a lighting control protocol standard using XLR cables
DNS: Domain Name System
dpi: dots per inch
DSP: Digital Signal Processing – Digitale Signalverarbeitung
DTP: Desktop Publishing
DVI: Digital Visual Interface
ECTS: European Credit Transfer System
eduroam: eduroam is an acronym for roaming in the education and research area. It provides an infrastructure that offers internet connectivity to the users of the participating institutions.
Exif: Exchangeable image file format – Meta-information of an (image) file about its contents - such as aperture, shutter speed, focal lengt, ISO speed …
EXPTV: Experimentelle Television
EZB: 1. Elektronische Zeitschriftenbibliothek 2. Europäische Zentralbank
FK: Freie Kunst – a program at the faculty Gestaltung
FLOSS: Free/Libre Open Source Software
FPS: Frames per second
FTP: File Transfer Protocol
Gem: Graphics Environment for Multimedia an OpenGL extension for →Pd
GMU: Gestaltung medialer Umgebungen
GPS: Global Positioning System
GPU: Graphics Processing Unit, the main →IC on a graphics adapter (Grafikkarte)
GS: Hauptgebäude Geschwister-Scholl-Straße
GUI: Graphical User Interface
HCI: Human-computer interaction
HfM: Hochschule für Musik Franz Liszt – Liszt School of Music
HIG: Human Interface Guidelines
HKS: Color system by Hostmann-Steinberg Druckfarben, Kast + Ehinger Druckfarben und H. Schmincke & Co.
HSB: Hue Saturation Brightness Colorspace
HTML: Hypertext Markup Language
HTTP: HyperText Transfer Protocol
IC: Integrated Circuit, also called “chip”
IDE: wikipedia:Integrated development environment
IFD: Interface-Design
IIRC: If I Remember Correctly
IKKM: International Research Institute for Cultural Technologies and Media Philosophy
IM: 1. Instant Messaging 2. Inoffizieller Mitarbeiter (der Stasi)
IMAP: Internet Message Access Protocol – for accessing your email See also →SMTP →POP
Int: Integer is a data type in many programming languages
IP: 1. Internet Protocol 2. Intellectual property
IRC: Internet Relay Chat
JSON: JavaScript Object Notation Format
KVC: Key-Value-Coding
KVO: Key-Value-Observing
LAN: Local Area Network
LASER: Light amplification by stimulated emission of radiation
LDAP: Lightweight Directory Access Protocol, wikipedia:LDAP
LED: Light-emitting diode
LP: 1. Leistungspunkte, also see European Credit Transfer System 2. Long Player (Langspielplatte)
M18: Marienstraße 18, this is where the StuKo and the students Café is
M5: Marienstraße 5
M7b: Marienstraße 7b
MAC: Media Access Control
MFA: Master of Fine Arts – graduate students will receive this degree
MG: Mediengestaltung →MKG
MIDI: Musical Instruments Digital Interface see also →OSC
MK: Medienkultur
MKG: Medienkunst/Mediengestaltung
MM: Medienmanagement
MoCap: Motion Capture
Moodle: Modular Object-Oriented Dynamic Learning Environment
MVC: Model/View/Controller-Design Pattern
OCR: Optical Character Recognition (Convert scanned images to text documents)
OOP: Object-Oriented Programming
OPAC: Online Public Access Catalogue
OS: Operating System – for instance Apple's OS X stands for the tenth version of the OS
OSC: Open Sound Control
OSS: Open Source Software
OSM: Open Street Map a free and open map source
Pantone: A company and their proprietary color system
Pd: Pure Data a dataflow programming environment
PD: 1. Public Domain 2. in the context of the university PD sometimes stands for Product Design 3. Police Department
PHP: PHP Hypertext Processor
PN: Persönliche Nachricht (Direktnachricht) → DM
POP: Post Office Protocol – for accessing your email. See also →IMAP →SMTP
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.
QR: Quick Response Code - zweidimensionaler (Bar-)Code (Software in vielen mobilen Endgeräten mit Kamera enthalten)
QR-Code: Quick Response Code - zweidimensionaler (Bar-)Code (Software in vielen mobilen Endgeräten mit Kamera enthalten)
RAL: Color system Reichs-Ausschuss für Lieferbedingungen
Regex: Regular Expressions
REWE: Acronym for “Revisionsverband der Westkauf-Genossenschaften” – a german supermarket chain
RFID: Radio-Frequency Identification
RGB: Red Green Blue Colorspace
RSS: Rich Site Summary – a web feed format
RTFM: Read the Fu**ing Manual
SCC: Servicezentrum für Computersysteme und -kommunikation (some other Universities call this Rechenzentrum)
SDK: Software Development Kit
SeaM: Studio für elektroakustische Musik – Studio for electroacoustic Music
SMTP: Simple Mail Transfer Protocol – for sending email. See also →IMAP →POP
SoSe: Sommersemester – summer semester
SS: Sommersemester – summer semester. Usually this is followed by the year. If not it could be something else.
SSID: Service Set Identifier – the name of a →WLAN
StuKo: Studierenden Konvent (some other Universities call this Sudentenrat)
SVG: Scaleable Vector Graphics
SWS: Semesterwochenstunden
TCP/IP: TCP/IP UDP Internet protocol suite
Thoska: Thüringer Hochschul- und Studentenwerkskarte that's the student service and identification card
TOC: Table of contents – Inhaltsverzeichnis
UI: User Interface
UK: 1. Universitätskommunikation – a service of the university taking care of public relations 2. United Kingdom
URL: uniform resource locator – a human readable web address which is looked up by the →DNS and translated into an →IP Address
VDV: Van-de-Velde Bau – a building on the campus named after and built by wikipedia:Henry van de Velde
VGA: Video Graphics Array
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: Haiwaiian for fast (not an acronym). 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.
WiSe: Wintersemester - winter semester
WLAN: Wireless →LAN
WS: Wintersemester - winter semester
WYSIWYG: What You See Is What You Get - Codeless Visual Editor
XAMP: A combination of different software for web server
XHTML: Extensible Hypertext Markup Language →HTML

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-; A :Architektur - sometimes the letter A simply refers to the faculty of architecture
 ;AAAAA:American Association Against Acronym Abuse
 ;ACK:Acknowledge
 ;AFAIK:As Far As I Know
 ;AJAX:Asynchronous Javascript and XML
-;API:[[wikipedia:Application Programming Interface]]
+;API:Application Programming Interface
 ;ASAP:As Soon As Possible
 ;AWGTHTGTATA:Are We Going To Have To Go Through All This Again
-; B :Bauingenieurwesen sometimes the letter B simply refers to the faculty of civil engeneering
+;B11:Bauhausstraße 11
-;B11:Bauhausstraße 11, Here is the faculty administration and another Mac Pool in the basement
+;B15:Bauhausstraße 15
-;B15:Bauhausstraße 15, Here are some computer pools
+;BCI:Brain-Computer Interface
 ;BFA:Bachelor of Fine Arts – undergraduate students will graduate with this degree
-;Bib: (fam.) Bibliothek ''Library''
+;BFI:1. Bauhaus Film Institute 2. British Film Institute
-;Bibo: (fam.) Bibliothek ''Library''
+;Bib: (fam.) Bibliothek – Library
-;Bison:Beratungs- und Informations-System online ''see VLV''
+;Bibo: (fam.) Bibliothek – Library
+;Bison:Beratungs- und Informations-System online →VLV
 ;BPM:Beats per minute
 ;BUW:Bauhaus-Universität Weimar
-;CD:[[Bauhaus-Universität Corporate Design|Corporate Design]] or Compact Disc
+;CD:1. [[Bauhaus-Universität Corporate Design|Corporate Design]] 2. Compact Disc
 ;CI:Corporate Identity (Erscheinungsbild)
 ;CMS:[[Webapps|Content Management System]]
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 ;CUDA:Compute Unified Device Architecture
 ;CV:1. [[Tracking Motion Detection|Computer Vision]], 2. [[wikipedia:Curriculum vitae]]
+;DAU: Dümmster anzunehmender User – abwertender Begriff für einen NooB in Anlehnung an den GAU (Größter anzunehmender Unfall)
+;DAW:Digital audio workstation – combination of hardware and software to create music and sound digitally
 ;DBIS:Datenbankinformationssystem
+;DIP:Dual Inline Package. An IC which comes in DIP package has 2 rows of contacts. [[Wikipedia:Dual in-line package]]
+;DM:Direct Message (Direktnachricht, auch → PM)
 ;DMX:[[DMX|Digital MultipleX]] is a lighting control protocol standard using XLR cables
+;DNS:Domain Name System
 ;dpi:[[Druckvorstufe|dots per inch]]
+;DSP:Digital Signal Processing – Digitale Signalverarbeitung
 ;DTP:[[Druckvorstufe|Desktop Publishing]]
 ;DVI:[[Standards/Video|Digital Visual Interface]]
 ;ECTS:[[ECTS|European Credit Transfer System]]
-;EXPTV:[[EXPTV:Start|Chair Experimentelle Television]]
+;eduroam:eduroam is an acronym for roaming in the education and research area. It provides an infrastructure that offers internet connectivity to the users of the participating institutions.
-;EZB:Elektronische Zeitschriftenbibliothek
+;Exif:Exchangeable image file format – Meta-information of an (image) file about its contents - such as aperture, shutter speed, focal lengt, ISO speed …
-;FK:Freie Kunst ''a program at the faculty Gestaltung''
+;EXPTV:Experimentelle Television
+;EZB:1. Elektronische Zeitschriftenbibliothek 2. Europäische Zentralbank
+;FK:Freie Kunst – a program at the faculty Gestaltung
 ;FLOSS:Free/Libre Open Source Software
 ;FPS:Frames per second
-;FTP:File Transport Protocol
+;FTP:File Transfer Protocol
-; G :Gestaltung ''sometimes the letter '''G''' simply refers to the faculty of art and design''
 ;Gem:[[Tracking Motion Detection#Gem|Graphics Environment for Multimedia]] an OpenGL extension for →[[Pure Data|Pd]]
-;GMU:[[GMU:Start|Gestaltung medialer Umgebungen]]
+;GMU:Gestaltung medialer Umgebungen
 ;GPS:[[GPS|Global Positioning System]]
 ;GPU:Graphics Processing Unit, the main →IC on a graphics adapter (Grafikkarte)
 ;GS:Hauptgebäude Geschwister-Scholl-Straße
 ;GUI:Graphical User Interface
-;HfM:Hochschule für Musik ''Academy of Music'' Franz Liszt
+;HCI:Human-computer interaction
+;HfM:Hochschule für Musik Franz Liszt – Liszt School of Music
 ;HIG:Human Interface Guidelines
 ;HKS:Color system by [[Farbe#HKS|Hostmann-Steinberg Druckfarben, Kast + Ehinger Druckfarben und H. Schmincke & Co.]]
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 ;IIRC:If I Remember Correctly
 ;IKKM:[http://www.ikkm-weimar.de International Research Institute for Cultural Technologies and Media Philosophy]
+;IM:1. Instant Messaging 2. Inoffizieller Mitarbeiter (der Stasi)
+;IMAP:Internet Message Access Protocol – for accessing your email See also →SMTP →POP
 ;Int:[[Int|Integer]] is a data type in many programming languages
-;JSON:[[JSON|JavaScript Object Notation]]
+;IP:1. Internet Protocol 2. Intellectual property
-;JSON:JavaScript Object Notation Format
+;IRC:[[Internet Relay Chat]]
-;KEW:Künstlerisch-Experimentelle Werkstätten
+;JSON:[[JSON|JavaScript Object Notation]] Format
 ;KVC:[[KVC+KVO|Key-Value-Coding]]
 ;KVO:[[KVC+KVO|Key-Value-Observing]]
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 ;LASER:Light amplification by stimulated emission of radiation
 ;LDAP:[[SCC-Services|Lightweight Directory Access Protocol]], [[wikipedia:LDAP]]
-;LP:Leistungspunkte, also see [[ECTS|European Credit Transfer System]]
+;LED:Light-emitting diode
-; M :Medien – sometimes the letter M simply refers to the faculty of media
+;LP:1. Leistungspunkte, also see [[ECTS|European Credit Transfer System]] 2. Long Player (Langspielplatte)
 ;M18:Marienstraße 18, this is where the StuKo and the students Café is
 ;M5:[[Marienstraße 5]]
 ;M7b:[[Marienstraße 7b]]
+;MAC:Media Access Control
 ;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''
+;MG:Mediengestaltung →MKG
-;MIDI:Musical Instruments Digital Interface ''see also →OSC''
+;MIDI:Musical Instruments Digital Interface see also →OSC
 ;MK:Medienkultur
+;MKG:Medienkunst/Mediengestaltung
 ;MM:Medienmanagement
 ;MoCap:[[Tracking Motion Detection|Motion Capture]]
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 ;OSS:Open Source Software
 ;OSM:[[Mapping|Open Street Map]] a free and open map source
-;Pd:[[Pure Data]] a programming environment
+;Pantone:A company and their proprietary color system
+;Pd:[[Pure Data]] a dataflow programming environment
+;PD:1. Public Domain 2. in the context of the university PD sometimes stands for Product Design 3. Police Department
 ;PHP:[[PHP|PHP Hypertext Processor]]
+;PN:Persönliche Nachricht (Direktnachricht) → DM
+;POP:Post Office Protocol – for accessing your email. See also →IMAP →SMTP
 ;Q3:Coudraystraße. A Street named after [[wikipedia:de: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.
 ;QR:Quick Response Code - zweidimensionaler (Bar-)Code (Software in vielen mobilen Endgeräten mit Kamera enthalten)
@@ Line 92: / Line 108: @@
 ;RAL:Color system [[Farbe#RAL|Reichs-Ausschuss für Lieferbedingungen]]
 ;Regex:[[Regular Expressions]]
-;REWE:Acronym for “Revisionsverband der Westkauf-Genossenschaften” ''a german supermarket chain''
+;REWE:Acronym for “Revisionsverband der Westkauf-Genossenschaften” – a german supermarket chain
 ;RFID:Radio-Frequency Identification
 ;RGB:[[Farbe#Farbräume|Red Green Blue]] Colorspace
+;RSS:Rich Site Summary – a web feed format
 ;RTFM:Read the Fu**ing Manual
 ;SCC:[[SCC-Services|Servicezentrum für Computersysteme und -kommunikation]] (some other Universities call this Rechenzentrum)
 ;SDK:Software Development Kit
 ;SeaM:[[EKK:Start|Studio für elektroakustische Musik]] – Studio for electroacoustic Music
+;SMTP:Simple Mail Transfer Protocol – for sending email. See also →IMAP →POP
+;SoSe:Sommersemester – summer semester
 ;SS:Sommersemester – summer semester. Usually this is followed by the year. If not it could be something else.
+;SSID:Service Set Identifier – the name of a →WLAN
 ;StuKo:Studierenden Konvent (some other Universities call this Sudentenrat)
 ;SVG:[[HTML#SVG|Scaleable Vector Graphics]]
 ;SWS:[[SWS|Semesterwochenstunden]]
-;TCP/IP:[[TCP/IP UDP]]
+;TCP/IP:[[TCP/IP UDP]] Internet protocol suite
 ;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''
+;TOC:Table of contents – Inhaltsverzeichnis
 ;UI:User Interface
-;UK:Universitätskommunikation ''a service of the university taking care of public relations''
+;UK:1. Universitätskommunikation – a service of the university taking care of public relations 2. United Kingdom
-;VDV:Van-de-Velde Bau ''A building on the campus named after and built by [[wikipedia:Henry van de Velde]]
+;URL:uniform resource locator – a human readable web address which is looked up by the →DNS and translated into an →IP Address
+;VDV:Van-de-Velde Bau – a building on the campus named after and built by [[wikipedia:Henry van de Velde]]
 ;VGA:[[Standards/Video|Video Graphics Array]]
-;VK:Visuelle Kommunikation ''a graphic design program at the faculty Gestaltung''
+;VK:Visuelle Kommunikation – a graphic design program at the faculty Gestaltung
 ;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: Haiwaiian for ''fast'' (not an acronym). 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.
+;WiSe:Wintersemester - winter semester
 ;WLAN:Wireless →LAN
-;WS:Wintersemester
+;WS:Wintersemester - winter semester
 ;WYSIWYG:What You See Is What You Get - Codeless Visual Editor
 ;XAMP:[[PHP|A combination of different software for web server]]
 ;XHTML:Extensible Hypertext Markup Language →HTML