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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.

A: Architektur sometimes the letter A simply refers to the faculty of architecture
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(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
G: Gestaltung sometimes the letter G simply refers to the faculty of art and design
GMU: Gestaltung medialer Umgebungen
GPS: Global Positioning System
GUI: Graphical User Interface
HfM: Hochschule für Musik Academy of Music Franz Liszt
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
M: Medien sometimes the letter M simply refers to the faculty of media
M5: Marienstraße 5
M18: Marienstraße 18, this is where the StuKo and the students Café is
MFA: Master of Fine Arts graduate students will receive this degree
MIDI: Musical Instruments Digital Interface see also OSC
MK: Medienkultur
MM: Medienmanagement
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 – 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
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

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 ;GPS : [[GPS|Global Positioning System]]
 ;GUI : Graphical User Interface
+;HfM : Hochschule für Musik ''Academy of Music'' Franz Liszt
 ;HTML : [[HTML|Hypertext Markup Language]]
 ;IC : Integrated Circuit, a chip
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 ;LAN : Local Area Network
 ;M : Medien ''sometimes the letter '''M''' simply refers to the faculty of media''
-;M5 : Marienstraße 5
+;M5 : [[Marienstraße 5]]
 ;M18 : Marienstraße 18, this is where the StuKo and the students Café is
 ;MFA : Master of Fine Arts ''graduate students will receive this degree''
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 ;SDK : Software Development Kit
 ;SeaM : [[EKK:Start|Studio für elektroakustische Musik]] – Studio for electroacoustic Music
-;SS : Sommersemester – usually this is followed by the year. If not it could be something else.
+;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 : [[SCC-Services|Servicezentrum für Computersysteme und -kommunikation]] (some other Universities call this Rechenzentrum)