Tech Lingo

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A
  • ADAPTS — Access Disabled Assistance Program for Tech Students
  • AE — School of Aerospace Engineering
  • ATAS — Aerospace, Transportation and Advanced Systems Laboratory (GTRI)
  • ATDC — Advanced Technology Development Center
  • AA — Athletic Association or Alumni Association
  • AUX — Auxiliary Services
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B
  • BME — Biomedical Engineering
  • Buzz — campus mascot (a yellow jacket; not a bee)
  • BEM — Biotechnology, Environmental, and Materials Complex
  • Burger Bowl — Large green space adjacent to the Campus Recreation Center's Roe Stamps Fields (west campus).
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C
  • CATEA — Center For Assistive Technology & Environmental Access
  • CEISMC — Center for Education Integrating Science, Mathematics, and Computing
  • CE (or CEE) — School of Civil and Environmental Engineering
  • CETL — Center for the Enhancement of Teaching and Learning
  • CHBE (or CHEM E) — School of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
  • CM — Computational Media
  • COA — College of Architecture
  • COC — College of Computing
  • COE — College of Engineering
  • COS — College of Sciences
  • Co-op — The Cooperative plan where students work and attend classes on alternating quarters
  • CPSM — Capital Planning & Space Management
  • CRB — Centennial Research Building
  • CRC — Campus Recreation Center
  • CS — School of Computer Science
  • CSE (or CMPE) — School of Computational Science and Engineering
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D
  • DLPE — Distance Learning and Professional Education
  • DOPP — Division of Professional Practice (co-op, interships and work abroad)
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E
  • EAS — School of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences
  • East campus — residence halls on the east side of campus
  • ECE — School of Electrical and Computer Engineering
  • EII — Enterprise Innovation Institute (commercialization services)
  • ELSYS — Electronic Systems Laboratory (GTRI)
  • EOSL — Electro-Optical Systems Laboratory (GTRI)
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F
  • FASET — Familiarization and Adaptation to the Surroundings and Environs of Tech
  • FCDS — Faculty Career Development Services
  • Flag Building — formally known as the Smithgall Student Services Building
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G
  • GCATT — Georgia Collaborative for Advanced Telecommunications Technology
  • GRA — Georgia Research Alliance
  • GTAA — Georgia Tech Athletic Association or Georgia Tech Alumni Association
  • GTAAA — Georgia Tech African-American Association
  • GTAB — Georgia Tech Advisory Board
  • GTF — Georgia Tech Foundation
  • GTISC — Georgia Tech Information Security Center
  • GTRC — Georgia Tech Research Corporation
  • GTRI — Georgia Tech Research Institute
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H
  • HTS — School of History, Technology, and Society
  • The "Hill" — The area of campus where the Administration Bldg./Tech Tower is located.
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I
  • IAC — Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts
  • IBB (or "IB squared") — Institute for Bioengineering and Biosciences
  • IC — School of Interactive Computing
  • INTA — School of International Affairs
  • ITTL — Information Technology and Telecommunications Laboratory (GTRI)
  • IRP — Institutional Research and Planning
  • ISYE — Industrial and Systems Engineering
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J
  • Junior's — A Tech tradition since 1948, this family-operated restaurant is adjacent to the Tech Tower
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L
  • LCC — School of Literature, Communication, and Culture
  • Lorraine — Georgia Tech's campus in France
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M
  • MARC — Manufacturing Research Center
  • ME — School of Mechanical engineering
  • MGT — College of Management
  • MIRC — Microelectronics Research Center
  • MRDC — Manufacturing Related Disciplines Center
  • MSE — School of Materials Science and Engineering
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N
  • NAA – North Avenue Apartments
  • 'Nique – See "Technique," below
O
  • OHR — Office of Human Resources
  • OIE — Office of International Education
  • OIT — Office of Information Technology
  • OMED — Office of Minority Educational Development
  • OOD — Office of Organizational Development
  • OSP — Office of Sponsored Programs
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P
  • PCS — Printing and Copying Services
  • PRS — Personal Response System (aka 'clickers'), a live polling application for traditional classrooms
  • PSP — President's Scholars Program
  • PTFE — School of Polymer, Textile and Fiber Engineering
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R
  • Ramblin' Wreck — Model T car that serves as a school symbol; the student body is also called the Ramblin' Wrecks from Georgia Tech
  • RATS — freshmen (Recently Acquired Tech Students)
  • ResNet — Network, television and telephone support for the Department of Housing
  • RHA — Residence Hall Association
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S
  • SEAL — Sensors and Electromagnetic Applications Laboratory (GTRI)
  • SECME — Southeastern Consortium for Minorities in Engineering
  • SEI — Strategic Energy Institute
  • SGA — Student Government Association
  • The "Shaft" — the campanile outside the Student Center
  • SPP — School of Public Policy
  • STEP — Student Tutorial Education Program
  • STL — Signature Technology Laboratory (GTRI)
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T
  • Team Buzz — Tech's biannual campus-wide community clean-up initiative
  • Tech Green — Large green space adjacent to the Kessler Campanile, near the Student Center
  • Technique — student newspaper
  • Technology Square —area of campus east of the Downtown Connector that includes the College of Management, Barnes & Noble Bookstore, Georgia Tech Hotel, Global Learning and Conference Center, and several restaurants
  • The Good Word — To Hell With Georgia!
  • Thrillerdome — Alexander Memorial Coliseum
  • THWG — To Hell With Georgia!
  • Tick-a-Tech — Georgia Tech's ticket office
  • Trolley — the Stinger bus that runs to Technology Square
  • TSRB — Technology Square Research Building
  • Tunnel — the tunnel under the expressway that leads from East Campus to Spring Street
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W
  • WAM — Women's Awareness Month
  • The Whistle — the steam whistle that marks five minutes before each hour; also the faculty/staff newspaper
  • WLC — Women's Leadership Conference
  • WPBA — local public television station
  • WREK — campus student-run radio station
  • West Campus — Residence halls on the west side of campus (newer dorms)
  • WISE — Women in Science and Engineering
  • Word — results of old exams used for studying
  • WRC — Women's Resource Center
  • Web CT — Web-based educational technology resource for faculty
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Y