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Federal Information Processing Standards (FIPS) are publicly announced standard
Standardization

Standardization is the process of developing and agreeing upon Standard . A standard is a document that establishes uniform engineering or technical specifications, criteria, methods, processes, or practices....
s developed by the United States Federal government for use by all non-military government agencies and by government contractors. Many FIPS standards are modified versions of standards used in the wider community (ANSI
American National Standards Institute

The American National Standards Institute or ANSI is a private non-profit organization that oversees the development of voluntary consensus standards for products, services, processes, systems, and personnel in the United States....
, IEEE
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers

The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers or IEEE is an international non-profit, professional body for the advancement of technology related to electricity....
, ISO
International Organization for Standardization

The International Organization for Standardization , widely known as ISO , is an international standard-setting body composed of representatives from various national standards organizations....
, etc.)

FIPS standards were originally developed by the U.S.






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Federal Information Processing Standards (FIPS) are publicly announced standard
Standardization

Standardization is the process of developing and agreeing upon Standard . A standard is a document that establishes uniform engineering or technical specifications, criteria, methods, processes, or practices....
s developed by the United States Federal government for use by all non-military government agencies and by government contractors. Many FIPS standards are modified versions of standards used in the wider community (ANSI
American National Standards Institute

The American National Standards Institute or ANSI is a private non-profit organization that oversees the development of voluntary consensus standards for products, services, processes, systems, and personnel in the United States....
, IEEE
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers

The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers or IEEE is an international non-profit, professional body for the advancement of technology related to electricity....
, ISO
International Organization for Standardization

The International Organization for Standardization , widely known as ISO , is an international standard-setting body composed of representatives from various national standards organizations....
, etc.)

Standard Publications

Some FIPS standards were originally developed by the U.S. government. For instance, standards for encoding data (e.g. country codes), but more significantly some encryption standards, such as the Data Encryption Standard
Data Encryption Standard

The Data Encryption Standard is a block cipher that was selected by National Bureau of Standards as an official Federal Information Processing Standard for the United States in 1976 and which has subsequently enjoyed widespread use internationally....
 () and the Advanced Encryption Standard
Advanced Encryption Standard

In cryptography, the Advanced Encryption Standard is an encryption standard adopted by the Federal government of the United States. The standard comprises three block ciphers, AES-128, AES-192 and AES-256, adopted from a larger collection originally published as Rijndael. Each AES cipher has a 128 bit block size, with key sizes of 128...
 ().

FIPS Codes


Examples of FIPS Codes:
  • FIPS country codes
    List of FIPS country codes

    This is a list of Federal Information Processing Standard 10-4 country codes for Countries, Dependencies, Areas of Special Sovereignty, and Their Principal Administrative Divisions....
     and region codes
    List of FIPS region codes

    This is a list of FIPS 10-4 region codes, using a standardized name format, and cross-linking to articles. The list is broken up into alphabetical sections....
     (10-4)
  • FIPS place codes (55-3)
  • FIPS county code
    FIPS county code

    The FIPS county code is a five-digit Federal Information Processing Standard code which uniquely identifies county and county equivalents in the United States, certain U.S....
    s (6-4)
  • FIPS state code
    FIPS state code

    FIPS state codes are two-numerical digit numeric codes and two-letter alphabetic codes that represent the 50 U.S. state, the Washington, D.C. and the outlying areas of the United States, and associated areas....
    s (5-2)


All similar to or comparable with (but not the same as) ISO 3166
ISO 3166

ISO 3166 is a three-part standardization published by the International Organization for Standardization , and defines codes for the names of country, dependent territory, and special areas of geographical interest, and their principal country subdivision ....
, or the NUTS
Nomenclature of Territorial Units for Statistics

The Nomenclature of Territorial Units for Statistics, , is a geocode standardization for referencing the administrative divisions of country for statistical purposes....
 standard of the European Union
European Union

The European Union is an economic and political union of 27 European Union member state, located primarily in Europe. It was established by the Treaty of Maastricht on 1 November 1993 upon the foundations of the pre-existing European Economic Community....
.

Important Notice: The GNIS Feature ID superseded the Federal Information Processing Standard (FIPS) 55-3 database Place Code, now referred to as the Census Code as the Federal standard geographic feature record identifier. The FIPS 55-3 standard has been withdrawn and the FIPS55 data have been incorporated into the GNIS. The Census Bureau will continue to assign five digit codes for internal purposes until the transition to the GNIS Feature ID is completed following the 2010 census, at which time the codes will be no longer assigned or used. Until then but no later, Census codes will be available. Legacy systems are highly encouraged to convert to the Feature ID as soon as possible. See http://geonames.usgs.gov/docs/fips55_change.pdf FIPS 55 Change Notice. (Note: FIPS 6-4 State and county codes are separate codes and are NOT affected by this change.)

See also

  • FIPS 140
    FIPS 140

    The Federal Information Processing Standard 140 are series of publications numbered 140 which are a United States government of the United States computer security standardization that specify requirements for cryptographic modules....
     Security requirements for cryptography modules
  • FIPS 201
    FIPS 201

    FIPS 201 is a United States federal government standard that specifies Personal Identity Verification requirements for Federal employees and contractors....
     Personal Identity Verification for Federal Employees and Contractors
  • List of FIPS region codes
    List of FIPS region codes

    This is a list of FIPS 10-4 region codes, using a standardized name format, and cross-linking to articles. The list is broken up into alphabetical sections....
  • Federal Information Security Management Act of 2002
    Federal Information Security Management Act of 2002

    The Federal Information Security Management Act of 2002 is a United States federal law enacted in 2002 as Title III of the E-Government Act of 2002 ....
     (FISMA)


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