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

Science and technology

Computing

* .au, 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 8-bit μ-law algorithm, μ-law-encoded data at an 8000 Hz sample rat ...

, Sun Microsystems' audio format *

Audio Units Audio Units (AU) are a system-level Plug-in (computing), plug-in architecture provided by Core Audio in Apple Inc., Apple's macOS and iOS operating systems. Audio Units are a set of application programming interface (API) services provided by t ...

, a system level plug-in architecture from Apple Computer * Adobe Audition, a sound editor program *

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

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

Physics and chemistry

Gold Gold is a chemical element; it has chemical symbol Au (from Latin ) and atomic number 79. In its pure form, it is a brightness, bright, slightly orange-yellow, dense, soft, malleable, and ductile metal. Chemically, gold is a transition metal ...

, chemical symbol Au * 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 The astronomical unit (symbol: au or AU) is a unit of length defined to be exactly equal to . Historically, the astronomical unit was conceived as the average Earth-Sun distance (the average of Earth's aphelion and perihelion), before its m ...

, a unit of length used in planetary systems astronomy * Arbitrary unit, a placeholder unit for when the actual value of a measurement is unknown or unimportant

Arts and entertainment

Music

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 ...

, 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 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

Other media

* Alternative universe (fan fiction), fiction by fan authors that deliberately alters facts of the canonical universe written about. * Au Co, 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), a mobile phone operator in Japan *

African Union The African Union (AU) is a continental union 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 African Union. The b ...

, a continental union * Americans United for Separation of Church and State * Athletic Union, the union of sports clubs in a British university * Austral Líneas Aéreas (IATA code AU) * Auxiliary Units, specially trained, highly secret units created by the United Kingdom government during the Second World War *

AGROunia The AGROunion (, AU) is a left-wing politics, left-wing agrarian socialism, agrarian socialist political movement in Poland formed by Michał Kołodziejczak. AGROunia criticizes the actions of current politicians in relation to the state of agric ...

, an agrarian-socialist

political party A political party is an organization that coordinates candidates to compete in a particular area's elections. It is common for the members of a party to hold similar ideas about politics, and parties may promote specific political ideology, ...

in Poland

Universities

Asia

Ajou University Ajou University () is a private research university located in Suwon, Gyeonggi-do, South Korea. It was founded in 1973. Ajou University started as Ajou Engineering College with the aim of exchanging technology and culture through education betw ...

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 Com ...

in Peshawar, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan *

Andhra University Andhra University is a public university located in Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh, India. It was established in 1926. It is graded as an A++ institution by NAAC receiving a score of 3.74 on a scale of 4. History King Vikram Deo Verma, the Mah ...

in Visakhapatnam, AP, India *

Anhui University Anhui University (AHU) is provincial public university in Hefei, Anhui, China. It is affiliated with the Anhui Provincial Government, and co-funded by the Anhui Provincial Government, the Ministry of Education (China), Ministry of Education, a ...

in Hefei, Anhui, China * Aletheia University in New Taipei City, Taiwan * Allahabad University in Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh, India *

Arellano University Arellano University (AU) is a private university, private, nonsectarian university located in Manila, the Philippines. It was founded in 1938 as a law school by Florentino Cayco Sr., the first Filipino Undersecretary of Public Instruction. The u ...

in Philippines *

Assumption University (Thailand) Assumption University (Thai: มหาวิทยาลัยอัสสัมชัญ, RTGS: Mahawitthayalai Assumption, abbreviated ABAC) also referred to by its acronym AU is a private school, private, Catholic higher education, Catholic, ...

in Thailand * Abhilashi University in Himachal Pradesh, India * Adesh University in Bathinda, Punjab, India.

Europe

Aarhus University Aarhus University (, abbreviated AU) is a public research university. Its main campus is located in Aarhus, Denmark. It is the second largest and second oldest university in Denmark. The university is part of the Coimbra Group, the Guild, and Ut ...

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 Adelphi University is a private university in Garden City, New York, United States. Adelphi also has centers in Downtown Brooklyn, Hudson Valley, and Suffolk County in addition to a virtual, online campus for remote students. As of 2019, it had ...

in Garden City, New York * Alfred University in Alfred, New York * Algoma University in Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario, Canada *

American University The American University (AU or American) is a Private university, private University charter#Federal, federally chartered research university in Washington, D.C., United States. Its main campus spans 90-acres (36 ha) on Ward Circle, in the Spri ...

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 Antioch University is a private university with multiple campuses in the United States and online programs. It is the continuation of Antioch College, which was founded in 1852. Antioch College's first president was politician, abolitionist, and ...

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 Athabasca University (AU) is a Canadian public 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 Canadian ...

in Athabasca, Alberta, Canada *

Auburn University Auburn University (AU or Auburn) is a Public university, public Land-grant university, land-grant research university in Auburn, Alabama, United States. With more than 26,800 undergraduate students, over 6,100 post-graduate students, and a tota ...

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

Other

Air University (disambiguation) Air University may refer to: * Air University (United States Air Force), at Maxwell Air Force Base, Alabama, United States * Air University (Pakistan Air Force), in Islamabad, Pakistan * Air University (South Korean Air Force), in Yuseong-gu, South ...

, various Air Force universities

Places

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

Australia Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country comprising mainland Australia, the mainland of the Australia (continent), Australian continent, the island of Tasmania and list of islands of Australia, numerous smaller isl ...

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

Austria

Austria Austria, formally the Republic of Austria, is a landlocked country in Central Europe, lying in the Eastern Alps. It is a federation of nine Federal states of Austria, states, of which the capital Vienna is the List of largest cities in Aust ...

(obsolete NATO, FIPS, and LOC MARC 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 ''Ab urbe condita'' (; 'from the founding of Rome, founding of the City'), or (; 'in the year since the city's founding'), abbreviated as AUC or AVC, expresses a date in years since 753 BC, 753 BC, the traditional founding of Rome. It is ...

'' (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