| Webster's Online Dictionary |
| Expressions | Domain | Definition | |
| Federal Information Processing Standards | Census | Standardized system of numeric and/or alphabetic coding issued by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), an agency of the US Department of Commerce. FIPS codes are assigned for a variety of geographic entities including American Indian and Alaska Native Areas, Hawaiian home lands, congressional districts, counties, county subdivisions, metropolitan areas, places and states. The purpose in using FIPS codes is to improve the use of data and avoid unnecessary duplication and incompatibility in the collection, processing and dissemination of data. (references) | |
| Federal Information Processing Standards | Health | Standards published by U.S. Department of Commerce, National Institute of Standards and Technology, formerly National Bureau of Standards. These standards are intended to be binding only upon federal agencies. (references) | |
| Federal Information Processing Standards | Labor | Standards for information processing issued by the National Bureau of Standards in the U. S. Department of Commerce; includes a numeric designation for geographic areas such as States, counties, and metropolitan areas (FIPS). (references) | |
| Federal Information Processing Standards | Post & Telecom | The standards published by U. S. Department of Commerce, National Institute of Standards and Technology (formerly National Bureau of Standards), intended to be binding only upon federal agencies. Source: European Union. (references) | |
| Federal Information Processing Standards (FIPS) | Business | A set of numeric and/or alphabetic codes issued by the National Institute of Standards and Technology to ensure uniform identification of geographic entities (and other electronic data) throughout all federal government agencies. The entities covered are states, counties, metropolitan areas, Congressional districts, named populated and other locational entities (such as places, county subdivisions, and American Indian and Alaska Native areas), and geopolitical entities of the world. See census code and geographic code. (references) | |
| Federal information processing standards (FIPS) | Energy | 1: Usually referring to a code assigned to any of a variety of geographic entities (e.g. counties, states, metropolitan areas, etc). FIPS codes are intended to simplify the collection, processing, and dissemination of data and resources of the Federal Government. (references) | |
| 2: Federal Information Processing Standards. Usually referring to a code assigned to any of a variety of geographic entities (e.g. counties, states, metropolitan areas, etc). FIPS codes are intended to simplify the collection, processing, and dissemination of data and resources of the Federal Government. (references) | |||
| Federal information processing standards (FIPS) | Environment | U.S. Government standards issued by the Department of Commerce's National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) for computer hardware, software, and systems. (references) | |
| Federal information processing standards (FIPS) | Health | Federal Information Processing Standards (FIPS) codes are assigned for a variety of geographic entities, including states. The objective of the FIPS codes is to improve the use of data resources of the Federal Government and avoid unnecessary duplication and incompatibilities in the collection, processing, and dissemination of data. (references) | |
| Federal information processing standards (FIPS) | Housing | Standards and guidelines issued by National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) for use government-wide. NIST develops FIPS when there are compelling Federal government requirements such as for security and interoperability and there are no acceptable industry standards or solutions. (NIST Web site, 11/09/98). (references) | |
| Federal information processing standards (FIPS) | Women | Standards for information processing issues by the National Bureau of Standards in the U.S. Department of Commerce. Includes a numeric designation for geographic areas such as States, counties, and MA's. (references) | |
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