Abbreviations

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

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.

Regex

Regular Expressions

REWE

Acronym for “Revisionsverband der Westkauf-Genossenschaften” a german supermarket chain

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