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

BCI

Brain-Computer Interface

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

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

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

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 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)

Int

Integer is a data type in many programming languages

IP

1. Internet Protocol 2. Intellectual property

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

LED

Light-emitting diode

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

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

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.

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

Universitätskommunikation – a service of the university taking care of public relations

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.

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