Au

Au, AU or au may refer to:

Science

• Absorbance Units, a reporting unit in spectroscopy
• Astronomical unit, the average distance between the Earth and the Sun (roughly speaking)
• Atomic units, a system of units convenient for atomic physics and other fields
• Gold, a chemical element with the symbol Au
• Arbitrary unit, a relative placeholder unit for when the actual value of a measurement is unknown or unimportant

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 Audition, a sound editor program.
• Automatic Updates, also known as Windows Update.

Universities

• Aarhus University, Denmark
• Aberystwyth University, Wales, United Kingdom
• Adelphi University, New York, United States
• Air University (disambiguation), various locations
• Aletheia University, New Taipei City, Republic of China
• Alfred University, New York, United States
• Algoma University, Sault Ste. Marie, ON, Canada
• Allahabad University, Uttar Pradesh, India
• American University, Washington, DC, United States
• Anderson University (Indiana), United States
• Anderson University (South Carolina), United States
• Andhra University, Visakhapatnam, AP, India
• Andrews University, Michigan, United States
• Arellano University, Philippines
• Athabasca University, Alberta, Canada
• Auburn University, Alabama, United States
• Auckland University, New Zealand
• Aurora University, Aurora, IL, United States

Geography

• Australia
• Au (Munich), Munich, Germany
• Au (Schwarzwald), Baden-Württemberg, Germany
• Au am Leithaberge, Austria
• Au am Rhein, Germany
• Au, Guinea, Kankan Region
• Au im Bregenzerwald, Austria
• Au in der Hallertau, Germany
• Au peninsula, Switzerland
• Au, St. Gallen, Switzerland
• Au, Vorarlberg, Bregenz, Austria
• Au, Zurich, Switzerland

Organizations

• African Union
• au (mobile phone company), a mobile phone company in Japan
• Akademia Umiejętności, a primary Polish scientific institution
• Americans United for Separation of Church and State
• Austral Líneas Aéreas, IATA code

Surname

• Au (surname), a Chinese family name

Miscellaneous

• Au Co, a fairy in Vietnamese mythology
• Ab urbe condita (sometimes abbreviated as a.u.), Latin for "from the founding of the City" (Rome)
• Alternative universe (fan fiction)
• Athletic Union, the union of sports clubs in a British university
• Au (building), a building that has been squatted in in Frankfurt, Germany
• Aú, a cartwheel in the Brazilian martial art of Capoeira
• AU (band), an experimental pop group headed by Luke Wyland
• Au (album), a 2010 release by Scottish rock band Donaldson, Moir and Paterson
• Ford AU Falcon, a family car made in Australia
• Alternative Ulster, a music magazine
• Vought AU, post-WWII US Marines variant of the F4U corsair

See also

• All pages beginning with "Au"
• All pages with titles containing "Au"
• A (disambiguation)
• U (disambiguation)
• Prefix disambiguation: AUA, AUB, AUC, AUD, AUE, AUF, AUG, AUH, AUI, AUJ, AUK, AUL, AUM, AUN, AUO, AUP, AUQ, AUR, AUS, AUT, AUU, AUV, AUW, AUX, AUY, AUZ