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 μ-law-encoded data at an 8000 Hz sample rate. H ...

, 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 generat ...

, a system level plug-in architecture from Apple Computer *

Adobe Audition Adobe Audition is a digital audio workstation developed by Adobe Inc. featuring both a multitrack, non-destructive mix/edit environment and a destructive-approach waveform editing view. Origins Syntrillium Software was founded in the early 199 ...

, a sound editor program *

Windows Update Windows Update is a Microsoft service for the Windows 9x and Windows NT families of operating system, which automates downloading and installing Microsoft Windows software updates over the Internet. The service delivers software updates for Wind ...

or Automatic Updates, in Microsoft Windows * Windows 10 Anniversary Update, of August 2016a

Physics and chemistry

Gold Gold is a chemical element with the symbol Au (from la, aurum) and atomic number 79. This makes it one of the higher atomic number elements that occur naturally. It is a bright, slightly orange-yellow, dense, soft, malleable, and ductile ...

, symbol Au (from Latin ), a chemical element *

Absorbance Absorbance is defined as "the logarithm of the ratio of incident to transmitted radiant power through a sample (excluding the effects on cell walls)". Alternatively, for samples which scatter light, absorbance may be defined as "the negative lo ...

unit, a reporting unit in spectroscopy *

Atomic units The Hartree atomic units are a system of natural units of measurement which is especially convenient for atomic physics and computational chemistry calculations. They are named after the physicist Douglas Hartree. By definition, the following fo ...

, a system of units convenient for atomic physics and other fields *

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. *

Astronomical unit The astronomical unit (symbol: au, or or AU) is a unit of length, roughly the distance from Earth to the Sun and approximately equal to or 8.3 light-minutes. The actual distance from Earth to the Sun varies by about 3% as Earth orbi ...

, a unit of length often used in Solar System astronomy, an approximation for the average distance between the Earth and the Sun *

Arbitrary unit In science and technology, an arbitrary unit (abbreviated arb. unit, '' see below'') or procedure defined unit (p.d.u.) is a relative unit of measurement to show the ratio of amount of substance, intensity, or other quantities, to a predetermined r ...

, 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 * ''Au'' a track on

Some Time in New York City ''Some Time in New York City'' is a part-studio, part-live double album by John Lennon and Yoko Ono as Plastic Ono Band that included backing by the American rock band Elephant's Memory. Released in June 1972 in the US and in September 1972 in ...

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), 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 "Age of Ultron" (abbreviated AU) is a 2013 comic book fictional crossover storyline published by Marvel Comics that involved the conquest of the Earth by the sentient robot tyrant Ultron. The storyline consisted of an eponymous, 10-issue core ...

'', a 2013 series published by Marvel Comics * A.U, a Chinese media franchise and brand

Organizations

au (mobile phone company) au, or au by KDDI, is a Japanese mobile phone operator. au is a brand marketed by KDDI in the main islands of Japan and by Okinawa Cellular in Okinawa for their mobile cellular services. au is the second-largest wireless carrier in Japan, wi ...

, a mobile phone operator in Japan *

African Union The African Union (AU) is a continental union consisting of member states of the African Union, 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 fo ...

, 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 f ...

, 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 airlin ...

(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 Un ...

, 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 Engineerin ...

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 Andhra University ( IAST: ''Āndhra Vișvakalāpariṣhat'') is a public university located in Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh, India. It was established in 1926. History King Vikram Deo Verma, the Maharaja of Jeypore was one of the biggest ...

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, ...

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 Presbyte ...

in New Taipei City, Taiwan *

Allahabad University , mottoeng = "As Many Branches So Many Trees" , established = , type = Public , chancellor = Ashish Chauhan , vice_chancellor = Sangita Srivastava , head_label ...

in Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh, India * Arellano University in Philippines *

Assumption University (Thailand) Assumption University (Thaiมหาวิทยาลัยอัสสัมชัญ RTGS: Mahawitthayalai Assumption, abbreviated ABAC) also referred to by its acronym AU is a private, Catholic, research higher education institution in Ban ...

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 G ...

in Aarhus, Denmark *

Aberystwyth University Aberystwyth University ( cy, Prifysgol Aberystwyth) is a Public university, public Research university, research university in Aberystwyth, Wales. Aberystwyth was a founding member institution of the former federal University of Wales. The universi ...

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

Oceania

Auckland University , mottoeng = By natural ability and hard work , established = 1883; years ago , endowment = NZD $293 million (31 December 2021) , budget = NZD $1.281 billion (31 December 2021) , chancellor = Cecilia Tarrant , vice_chancellor = Dawn ...

in New Zealand

North America

Adelphi University Adelphi University is a private university in Garden City, New York. Adelphi also has centers in Manhattan, Hudson Valley, and Suffolk County. There is also a virtual, online campus for remote students. It is the oldest institution of higher edu ...

in Garden City, New York *

Alfred University Alfred University is a private university in 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 Inamori School of Engineerin ...

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) 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. Histor ...

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 Andrews University is a private Seventh-day Adventist university in Berrien Springs, Michigan. Founded in 1874 as Battle Creek College, it was the first higher education facility started by Seventh-day Adventists and is the flagship univer ...

in Berrien Springs, Michigan *

Antioch University Antioch University is a private university with multiple campuses in the United States and online programs. Founded in 1852 as Antioch College, its first president was politician, abolitionist, and education reformer Horace Mann. It changed its ...

in Culver City, California * Apollos University in Huntington Beach, California *

Arcadia University Arcadia University is a private university in Glenside, Pennsylvania. The university enrolls approximately 4,000 undergraduate, master's, and doctoral students. The campus features Grey Towers Castle, a National Historic Landmark. History ...

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 T ...

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 in Auburn, Alabama *

Augsburg University Augsburg University is a private university in Minneapolis, Minnesota. It is affiliated with the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America. It was founded in 1869 as a Norwegian-American Lutheran seminary known as Augsburg Seminarium. Today, the ...

in Minneapolis, Minnesota *

Aurora University Aurora University (AU) is a private university in Aurora, Illinois. In addition to its main campus and the Orchard Center in Aurora, AU offers programs online, at its George Williams College campus in Williams Bay, Wisconsin, and at the Woodsto ...

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 Austria, , bar, Östareich officially the Republic of Austria, is a country in the southern part of Central Europe, lying in the Eastern Alps. It is a federation of nine states, one of which is the capital, Vienna, the most populous ...

(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 is a village in the municipality Wädenswil in the district of Horgen in the canton of Zürich in Switzerland. First mentioned in the year 1130 as "Naglikon" and in 1316 as "Owe", Au belongs politically to the urban area of the south-easte ...

* 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 ''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 ex ...

'' (sometimes abbreviated as a.u.), Latin for "from the founding of the City" (Rome) * a'u, the Hawaiian name for the Pacific blue marlin {{disambiguation, school