Au, AU, au or a.u. may refer to:
Science and technology
Computing
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.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
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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
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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
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Adobe Audition, a sound editor program
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Windows Update or Automatic Updates, in Microsoft Windows
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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
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Gold, symbol Au (from Latin ), a chemical element
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Absorbance unit, a reporting unit in spectroscopy
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Atomic units, a system of units convenient for atomic physics and other fields
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Ångström unit
The angstromEntry "angstrom" in the Oxford online dictionary. Retrieved on 2019-03-02 from https://en.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/angstrom.Entry "angstrom" in the Merriam-Webster online dictionary. Retrieved on 2019-03-02 from https://www.m ...
, a unit of length equal to 10
−10 m or 0.1 nanometre.
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Astronomical unit, a unit of length often used in Solar System astronomy, an approximation for the average distance between the Earth and the Sun
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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
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AU (band)
AU was a Portland, Oregon experimental pop group established by multi-instrumentalist Luke Wyland. Wyland started AU in 2005 while completing a degree at the Massachusetts College of Art. He later moved cross-country to Portland and established a ...
, 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
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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
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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
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A.U, a Chinese media franchise and brand
Organizations
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au (mobile phone company), a mobile phone operator in Japan
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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
* Athletic Union, the union of sports clubs in a British university
* Austral LÃneas Aéreas (IATA code AU)
* Auxiliary Units, specially trained, highly secret units created by the United Kingdom government during the Second World War
Universities
Asia
* Ajou University in Suwon, Gyeonggi, South Korea
* Abasyn University in Peshawar, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan
* Andhra University in Visakhapatnam, AP, India
* Anhui University in Hefei, Anhui, China
* Aletheia University 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 in Aarhus, Denmark
* Aberystwyth University 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 in Alfred, New York
* Algoma University in Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario, Canada
* American University in Washington, D.C.
* Anaheim University in Anaheim, California
* Anderson University (Indiana) in Anderson, Indiana
* Anderson University (South Carolina) 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 in Ashland, Ohio
* Athabasca University in Athabasca, Alberta, Canada
* Auburn University 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 (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, Germany
Switzerland
* Au, St. Gallen
* Au, Zürich
* Au peninsula
* Schloss Au, 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), a Chinese family name
* Au language
* ''Ab urbe condita'' (sometimes abbreviated as a.u.), Latin for "from the founding of the City" (Rome)
* a'u, the Hawaiian name for the Pacific blue marlin
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