Abbreviations: Difference between revisions

From Medien Wiki
m (+ SVG)
(merged with Terminology)
 
Line 1: Line 1:
For newcomers all the acronyms at the university can be confusing to say the least. That's why there is this list.
#REDIRECT [[Terminology]]
 
;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''
;BPM : Beats per minute
;BUW : Bauhaus-Universität Weimar
;CD : [[Bauhaus-Universität Corporate Design|Corporate Design]] or Compact Disc
;CI : Corporate Identity (Erscheinungsbild)
;CMS : [[Webapps|Content Management System]]
;CMYK : [[Farbe#Farbräume|Cyan Magenta Yellow Key]] Colorspace
;CMYKGO : [[Farbe#Farbräume|Cyan Magenta Yellow Key Green Orange]] Colorspace (Hexachrome)
;CPU : Central Processing Unit, an →IC, generally refered to as the processor in a computer
;CSS : [[CSS|Cascading Style Sheets]]
;CTP : [[Druckvorstufe|Computer to plate]]
;CUDA : Compute Unified Device Architecture
;CV : 1. [[Tracking Motion Detection|Computer Vision]]
: 2. [[wikipedia:Curriculum vitae]]
;DBIS : Datenbankinformationssystem
;DMX : [[DMX|'''D'''igital '''M'''ultiple'''x''']] a lighting control protocol standard using XLR cables
;dpi : [[Druckvorstufe|dots per inch]]
;DTP : [[Druckvorstufe|Desktop Publishing]]
;DVI : [[Standards/Video|Digital Visual Interface]]
;ECTS : [[ECTS|European Credit Transfer System]]
;EXPTV : [[EXPTV:Start|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
;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]]
;GPS : [[GPS|Global Positioning System]]
;GPU : Graphics Processing Unit, the main →IC on a graphics adapter (Grafikkarte)
;GUI : Graphical User Interface
;HfM : Hochschule für Musik ''Academy of Music'' Franz Liszt
;HKS : Color system by [[Farbe#HKS|Hostmann-Steinberg Druckfarben, Kast + Ehinger Druckfarben und H. Schmincke & Co.]]
;HSB : [[Farbe#Farbräume|Hue Saturation Brightness]] Colorspace
;HTML : [[HTML|Hypertext Markup Language]]
;IC : Integrated Circuit, also called “chip”
;IDE : [[wikipedia:Integrated development environment]]
;IFD : [[IFD:Start|Interface-Design]]
;IKKM : [http://www.ikkm-weimar.de International Research Institute for Cultural Technologies and Media Philosophy]
;Int : [[Int|Integer]] is a data type in many programming languages
;JSON : [[JSON|JavaScript Object Notation]]
;KEW : Künstlerisch-Experimentelle Werkstätten
;KVC+KVO : [[KVC+KVO|Key-Value-Coding + Key-Value-Observing]]
;LAN : Local Area Network
;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]]
;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 : [[Tracking Motion Detection|Motion Capture]]
;Moodle : [[Moodle|Modular Object-Oriented Dynamic Learning Environment]]
;MVC : [[MVC|Model/View/Controller]]-Design Pattern
;OPAC : Online Public Access Catalogue
;OOP : [[OOP|Object-Oriented Programming]]
;OS : Operating System ''for instance Apple's OS X stands for the tenth version of the OS''
;OSC : [[OSC|Open Sound Control]]
;OSM : [[Mapping|Open Street Map]] a free and open map source
;Pd : [[Pure Data]] a programming environment
;PHP : [[PHP|PHP Hypertext Processor]]
;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.
;RAL : Color system [[Farbe#RAL|Reichs-Ausschuss für Lieferbedingungen]]
;Regex : [[Regular Expressions]]
;REWE : Acronym for “Revisionsverband der Westkauf-Genossenschaften” ''a german supermarket chain''
;RGB : [[Farbe#Farbräume|Red Green Blue]] Colorspace
;SDK : Software Development Kit
;SeaM : [[EKK:Start|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 : [[SCC-Services|Servicezentrum für Computersysteme und -kommunikation]] (some other Universities call this Rechenzentrum)
;SWS : [[SWS|Semesterwochenstunden]]
;SVG : [[HTML#SVG|Scaleable Vector Graphics]]
;TCP/IP : [[TCP/IP UDP]]
;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''
;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 : [[Standards/Video|Video Graphics Array]]
;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 : 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 : [[PHP|A combination of different software for web server]]
;XHTML : Extensible Hypertext Markup Language →HTML
 
== Siehe auch ==
* [[GMU:BioGlossar]]
* [http://www.uni-weimar.de/cms/universitaet/zentrale-einrichtungen/servicezentrum-fuer-computersysteme-und-kommunikation/it-sicherheit/glossar-its.html IT-Glossar des SCC]


[[Category:Help]]
[[Category:Help]]

Latest revision as of 15:36, 16 November 2011

Redirect to: