Terminology

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

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, 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

(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

DBIS

Datenbankinformationssystem

DMX

Digital MultipleX is a lighting control protocol standard using XLR cables

dpi

dots per inch

DTP

Desktop Publishing

DVI

Digital Visual Interface

ECTS

European Credit Transfer System

EXPTV

Chair Experimentelle Television

EZB

Elektronische Zeitschriftenbibliothek

FK

Freie Kunst – a program at the faculty Gestaltung

FLOSS

Free/Libre Open Source Software

FPS

Frames per second

FTP

File Transport Protocol

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

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

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

Int

Integer is a data type in many programming languages

JSON

JavaScript Object Notation

JSON

JavaScript Object Notation Format

KEW

Künstlerisch-Experimentelle Werkstätten

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

LP

Leistungspunkte, also see European Credit Transfer System

M

Medien – sometimes the letter M simply refers to the faculty of media

M18

Marienstraße 18, this is where the StuKo and the students Café is

M5

Marienstraße 5

M7b

Marienstraße 7b

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

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

Pd

Pure Data a dataflow 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.

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

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

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)

SVG

Scaleable Vector Graphics

SWS

Semesterwochenstunden

TCP/IP

TCP/IP UDP

Thoska

Thüringer Hochschul- und Studentenwerkskarte 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

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.

WLAN

Wireless →LAN

WS

Wintersemester

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