Au, AU, au or a.u. may refer to:

Science and technology

Computing

.au .au is the Internet country code top-level domain (ccTLD) for Australia. It was created on 5 March 1986. Domain name policy is managed by .au Domain Administration (auDA). As of July 2018, the registry is operated by Afilias. History The d ...

, the internet country code for Australia *

Au file format The Au file format is a simple audio file format introduced by Sun Microsystems. The format was common on NeXT systems and on early Web pages. Originally it was headerless, being simply 8-bit mu-law, μ-law-encoded data at an 8000 Hz sample ...

, Sun Microsystems' audio format *

Audio Units Audio Units (AU) are a system-level plug-in architecture provided by Core Audio in Apple's macOS and iOS operating systems. Audio Units are a set of application programming interface (API) services provided by the operating system to generate, ...

, a system level plug-in architecture from Apple Computer * Adobe Audition, a sound editor program * Windows Update or Automatic Updates, in Microsoft Windows *

Windows 10 Anniversary Update Windows 10 Anniversary Update (also known as version 1607 and codenamed "Redstone 1") is the second major update to Windows 10 and the first in a series of updates under the Redstone codenames. It carries the build number 10.0.14393. This update, ...

, of August 2016a

Physics and chemistry

* Gold, symbol Au (from Latin ), a chemical element * Absorbance unit, a reporting unit in spectroscopy * Atomic units, a system of units convenient for atomic physics and other fields * Ångström unit, a unit of length equal to 10⁻¹⁰ m or 0.1 nanometre. * Astronomical unit, a unit of length often used in Solar System astronomy, an approximation for the average distance between the Earth and the Sun * Arbitrary unit, a relative placeholder unit for when the actual value of a measurement is unknown or unimportant ("a.u." is deprecated, use "arb. unit" instead)

Arts and entertainment

Music

* AU (band), an experimental pop group headed by Luke Wyland * ''Au'', a 2010 release by Scottish rock band

Donaldson, Moir and Paterson Donaldson, Moir and Paterson, also known as DMP are a Scottish rock group originally formed in 1985 as White (Fear of God from Honey at the Core). Since 1998, as DMP they have released a number of albums. Since February 2008, DMP have hosted ...

* ''Au'' a track on Some Time in New York City by an album by John Lennon & Yoko Ono and Elephant's Memory

Magazines

* '' Alternative Ulster'', a Northern Irish music magazine, now called ''AU'' * ''A&U: America's AIDS Magazine'', sponsor of the Christopher Hewitt Award

Literature

Alternative universe (fan fiction) An alternative universe (also known as AU, alternate universe, alternative timeline, alternate timeline, alternative reality, or alternate reality) is a setting for a work of fan fiction that departs from the canon of the fictional universe that ...

, fiction by fan authors that deliberately alters facts of the canonical universe written about.

Other media

Au Co Au, AU, au or a.u. may refer to: Science and technology Computing * .au, the internet country code for Australia * Au file format, Sun Microsystems' audio format * Audio Units, a system level plug-in architecture from Apple Computer * Adobe Audit ...

, a fairy in Vietnamese mythology * '' Age of Ultron'', a 2013 series published by Marvel Comics * A.U, a Chinese media franchise and brand

Organizations

* au (mobile phone company), a mobile phone operator in Japan *

African Union The African Union (AU) is a continental union consisting of 55 member states located on the continent of Africa. The AU was announced in the Sirte Declaration in Sirte, Libya, on 9 September 1999, calling for the establishment of the Africa ...

, a continental union *

Americans United for Separation of Church and State Americans United for Separation of Church and State (Americans United or AU for short) is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization that advocates for the disassociation of religion and religious organizations from government. The separation of church ...

Athletic Union An athletic union or athletics union (AU) usually refers to the group of student sports clubs within a university or other institute of higher education, in the United Kingdom. General information Sports clubs affiliate to their athletic union fo ...

, the union of sports clubs in a British university *

Austral Líneas Aéreas Cielos del Sur S.A., operating as Austral Líneas Aéreas, more commonly known by its shortened name Austral, was a domestic airline of Argentina, the sister company of Aerolíneas Argentinas. It was the second-largest domestic scheduled airline ...

(IATA code AU) *

Auxiliary Units The Auxiliary Units or GHQ Auxiliary Units were specially-trained, highly-secret quasi military units created by the British government during the Second World War with the aim of using irregular warfare in response to a possible invasion of the U ...

, specially trained, highly secret units created by the United Kingdom government during the Second World War

Universities

Asia

Ajou University Ajou University () is a private research university located in Suwon, Gyeonggi Province, South Korea. It was founded in 1973 by an agreement between the governments of France and the Republic of Korea. Ajou University started as Ajou Engineeri ...

in Suwon, Gyeonggi, South Korea *

Abasyn University The Abasyn University is a private university located in Peshawar, Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. It was founded in 2007. Overview Abasyn university is chartered by the Government of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and recognized by the Higher Education Commi ...

in Peshawar, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan * Andhra University in Visakhapatnam, AP, India *

Anhui University Anhui University (), colloquially known in Chinese as An Da (安大, ''Āndà''), is located in Hefei, the capital city of Anhui Province, China. Founded in 1928 in Anqing, named 'National Anhui University' in 1946 and moved to Hefei in 1958, A ...

in Hefei, Anhui, China *

Aletheia University Aletheia University (after Greek ἀλήθεια, 'truth') () is a private university in Tamsui, New Taipei City and Madou, Tainan in Taiwan. It was founded by George Leslie Mackay as Oxford College. It has close links to the Presbyterian Chu ...

in New Taipei City, Taiwan * Allahabad University in Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh, India * Arellano University in Philippines * Assumption University (Thailand) in Thailand * Abhilashi University in Himachal Pradesh, India * Adesh University in Bathinda, Punjab, India.

Europe

Aarhus University Aarhus University ( da, Aarhus Universitet, abbreviated AU) is a public research university with its main campus located in Aarhus, Denmark. It is the second largest and second oldest university in Denmark. The university is part of the Coimbra Gr ...

in Aarhus, Denmark *

Aberystwyth University , mottoeng = A world without knowledge is no world at all , established = 1872 (as ''The University College of Wales'') , former_names = University of Wales, Aberystwyth , type = Public , endowment = ...

in Aberystwyth, Wales, United Kingdom * Akademia Umiejętności in Kraków, Poland * Arden University in Coventry, England

Oceania

* Auckland University in New Zealand

North America

* Adelphi University in Garden City, New York *

Alfred University Alfred University is a private university in Alfred (village), New York, Alfred, New York. It has a total undergraduate population of approximately 1,600 students. The university hosts the New York State College of Ceramics, which includes The ...

in Alfred, New York *

Algoma University Algoma University, commonly shortened to Algoma U or Algoma, is a public university with its main campus located in Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario, Canada. With a particular focus on the needs of Northern Ontario, Algoma U is a teaching-focused and s ...

in Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario, Canada *

American University The American University (AU or American) is a private federally chartered research university in Washington, D.C. Its main campus spans 90 acres (36 ha) on Ward Circle, mostly in the Spring Valley neighborhood of Northwest D.C. AU was charte ...

in Washington, D.C. * Anaheim University in Anaheim, California *

Anderson University (Indiana) Anderson University is a private Christian university in Anderson, Indiana. It is affiliated with the Church of God. The university offers more than 60 undergraduate majors as well as graduate programs in business, music, and theology. History ...

in Anderson, Indiana *

Anderson University (South Carolina) Anderson University is a private Christian university in Anderson, South Carolina. It offers bachelor's, master's, and doctoral degrees in over 100 areas of study. Anderson is affiliated with the South Carolina Baptist Convention and is accred ...

in Anderson, South Carolina * Andrews University in Berrien Springs, Michigan * Antioch University in Culver City, California * Apollos University in Huntington Beach, California * Arcadia University in Glenside, Pennsylvania * Argosy University in Alameda, California * Arizona University in Tucson, Arizona *

Ashland University Ashland University is a private university in Ashland, Ohio. The university consists of a main campus and several off-campus centers throughout central and northern Ohio. Ashland was founded in 1878 as Ashland College. It is affiliated with The ...

in Ashland, Ohio *

Athabasca University Athabasca University (AU) is a Canadian public research university that primarily operates through online distance education. Founded in 1970, it is one of four comprehensive academic and research universities in Alberta, and was the first ...

in Athabasca, Alberta, Canada *

Auburn University Auburn University (AU or Auburn) is a public land-grant research university in Auburn, Alabama. With more than 24,600 undergraduate students and a total enrollment of more than 30,000 with 1,330 faculty members, Auburn is the second largest uni ...

in Auburn, Alabama * Augsburg University in Minneapolis, Minnesota * Aurora University in Aurora, Illinois

Other

* Air University (disambiguation), various Air Force universities

Places

* Aue (toponymy), a frequent element in Germanic toponymy *

Australia Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a Sovereign state, sovereign country comprising the mainland of the Australia (continent), Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous List of islands of Australia, sma ...

(ISO 3166 country code) * Au, Guinea, Kankan Region

Austria

* Austria (informal two-letter country code) * Au, Vorarlberg, Bregenz, Austria * Au am Leithaberge, Austria * Au im Bregenzerwald, Austria

Germany

* Au (Munich), Munich, Germany * Au (Schwarzwald), Baden-Württemberg, Germany * Au (squat), a building and cultural center in Frankfurt, Germany * Au am Rhein, Germany *

Au in der Hallertau The municipality of Au in der Hallertau is located in the north of the district of Freising and in the southern part of the Hallertau, in Bavaria, Germany. Au is famous for its important role in hop A hop is a type of jump. Hop or hops may also ...

, Germany

Switzerland

* Au, St. Gallen * Au, Zürich * Au peninsula *

Schloss Au The Schloss Au, literally "Château Au", is a country estate located in Au, a locality of the municipality of Wädenswil in Switzerland. The spacious estate is situated on the Au Peninsula on ''Zürichsee'' lake shore in the Canton of Zurich. ...

, a château in Wädenswil

Vehicles

* Ford Falcon (AU), a family car made in Australia * Vought AU, a post-World War II US Marine Corps variant of the F4U Corsair aircraft

Other uses

* Aú, a cartwheel in the Brazilian martial art of Capoeira *

Au (surname) Ou is the pinyin romanization of the Chinese surnames and , which share a common origin with the compound surname Ouyang (), from the ruling family of the State of Yue during the Spring and Autumn period. They are commonly romanized as Au or Ao in ...

, a Chinese family name * Au language * ''

Ab urbe condita ''Ab urbe condita'' ( 'from the founding of the City'), or ''anno urbis conditae'' (; 'in the year since the city's founding'), abbreviated as AUC or AVC, expresses a date in years since 753 BC, the traditional founding of Rome. It is an exp ...

'' (sometimes abbreviated as a.u.), Latin for "from the founding of the City" (Rome) *

a'u The Indo-Pacific blue marlin (''Makaira mazara'') is a species of marlin belonging to the family Istiophoridae. Taxonomy ''Makaira mazara'' is closely related to, and usually considered conspecific with, the Atlantic blue marlin, then simply ca ...

, the Hawaiian name for the Pacific blue marlin {{disambiguation, school