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প্রসেসিং স্ট্যান্ডার্ডস – Bangla" lang="bn" hreflang="bn" data-title="ফেডারেল ইনফরমেশন প্রসেসিং স্ট্যান্ডার্ডস" data-language-autonym="বাংলা" data-language-local-name="Bangla" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>বাংলা</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-be mw-list-item"><a href="https://be.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A4%D0%B5%D0%B4%D1%8D%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%BB%D1%8C%D0%BD%D1%8B%D1%8F_%D1%81%D1%82%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B4%D0%B0%D1%80%D1%82%D1%8B_%D0%B0%D0%BF%D1%80%D0%B0%D1%86%D0%BE%D1%9E%D0%BA%D1%96_%D1%96%D0%BD%D1%84%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%BC%D0%B0%D1%86%D1%8B%D1%96" title="Федэральныя стандарты апрацоўкі інфармацыі – Belarusian" lang="be" hreflang="be" data-title="Федэральныя стандарты апрацоўкі інфармацыі" data-language-autonym="Беларуская" data-language-local-name="Belarusian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Беларуская</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bar mw-list-item"><a href="https://bar.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federal_Information_Processing_Standard" title="Federal Information Processing Standard – Bavarian" lang="bar" hreflang="bar" data-title="Federal Information Processing Standard" data-language-autonym="Boarisch" data-language-local-name="Bavarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Boarisch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ca mw-list-item"><a href="https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Est%C3%A0ndards_Federals_de_Processament_de_la_Informaci%C3%B3" title="Estàndards Federals de Processament de la Informació – Catalan" lang="ca" hreflang="ca" data-title="Estàndards Federals de Processament de la Informació" data-language-autonym="Català" data-language-local-name="Catalan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Català</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federal_Information_Processing_Standard" title="Federal Information Processing Standard – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Federal Information Processing Standard" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federal_Information_Processing_Standard" title="Federal Information Processing Standard – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Federal Information Processing Standard" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eo mw-list-item"><a href="https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federal_Information_Processing_Standard" title="Federal Information Processing Standard – Esperanto" lang="eo" hreflang="eo" data-title="Federal Information Processing Standard" data-language-autonym="Esperanto" data-language-local-name="Esperanto" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Esperanto</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eu mw-list-item"><a href="https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federal_Information_Processing_Standards" title="Federal Information Processing Standards – Basque" lang="eu" hreflang="eu" data-title="Federal Information Processing Standards" data-language-autonym="Euskara" data-language-local-name="Basque" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Euskara</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D8%B3%D8%AA%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%AF%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%AF_%D9%BE%D8%B1%D8%AF%D8%A7%D8%B2%D8%B4_%D8%A7%D8%B7%D9%84%D8%A7%D8%B9%D8%A7%D8%AA_%D9%81%D8%AF%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%84" title="استاندارد پردازش اطلاعات فدرال – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="استاندارد پردازش اطلاعات فدرال" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federal_Information_Processing_Standard" title="Federal Information Processing Standard – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Federal Information Processing Standard" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hy mw-list-item"><a href="https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D4%BB%D5%B6%D6%86%D5%B8%D6%80%D5%B4%D5%A1%D6%81%D5%AB%D5%A1%D5%B5%D5%AB_%D5%B4%D5%B7%D5%A1%D5%AF%D5%B4%D5%A1%D5%B6_%D6%86%D5%A5%D5%A4%D5%A5%D6%80%D5%A1%D5%AC_%D5%BD%D5%BF%D5%A1%D5%B6%D5%A4%D5%A1%D6%80%D5%BF%D5%B6%D5%A5%D6%80" title="Ինֆորմացիայի մշակման ֆեդերալ ստանդարտներ – Armenian" lang="hy" hreflang="hy" data-title="Ինֆորմացիայի մշակման ֆեդերալ ստանդարտներ" data-language-autonym="Հայերեն" data-language-local-name="Armenian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Հայերեն</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hi mw-list-item"><a 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href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federal_Information_Processing_Standard" title="Federal Information Processing Standard – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Federal Information Processing Standard" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ka mw-list-item"><a href="https://ka.wikipedia.org/wiki/FIPS" title="FIPS – Georgian" lang="ka" hreflang="ka" data-title="FIPS" data-language-autonym="ქართული" data-language-local-name="Georgian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ქართული</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-kk mw-list-item"><a href="https://kk.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federal_Information_Processing_Standard" title="Federal Information Processing Standard – Kazakh" lang="kk" hreflang="kk" data-title="Federal Information Processing Standard" data-language-autonym="Қазақша" data-language-local-name="Kazakh" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Қазақша</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lld mw-list-item"><a href="https://lld.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federal_Information_Processing_Standards" title="Federal Information Processing Standards – Ladin" lang="lld" hreflang="lld" data-title="Federal Information Processing Standards" data-language-autonym="Ladin" data-language-local-name="Ladin" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ladin</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ms mw-list-item"><a href="https://ms.wikipedia.org/wiki/Piawaian_Pemprosesan_Maklumat_Persekutuan" title="Piawaian Pemprosesan Maklumat Persekutuan – Malay" lang="ms" hreflang="ms" data-title="Piawaian Pemprosesan Maklumat Persekutuan" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Melayu" data-language-local-name="Malay" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Melayu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federal_Information_Processing_Standard" title="Federal Information Processing Standard – Dutch" lang="nl" hreflang="nl" data-title="Federal Information Processing Standard" data-language-autonym="Nederlands" data-language-local-name="Dutch" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nederlands</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ja mw-list-item"><a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E9%80%A3%E9%82%A6%E6%83%85%E5%A0%B1%E5%87%A6%E7%90%86%E6%A8%99%E6%BA%96" title="連邦情報処理標準 – Japanese" lang="ja" hreflang="ja" data-title="連邦情報処理標準" data-language-autonym="日本語" data-language-local-name="Japanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>日本語</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-no mw-list-item"><a href="https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federal_Information_Processing_Standard" title="Federal Information Processing Standard – Norwegian Bokmål" lang="nb" hreflang="nb" data-title="Federal Information Processing Standard" data-language-autonym="Norsk bokmål" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Bokmål" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk bokmål</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pl mw-list-item"><a href="https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federal_Information_Processing_Standard" title="Federal Information Processing Standard – Polish" lang="pl" hreflang="pl" data-title="Federal Information Processing Standard" data-language-autonym="Polski" data-language-local-name="Polish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Polski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pt mw-list-item"><a href="https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federal_Information_Processing_Standards" title="Federal Information Processing Standards – Portuguese" lang="pt" hreflang="pt" data-title="Federal Information Processing Standards" data-language-autonym="Português" data-language-local-name="Portuguese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Português</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ro mw-list-item"><a href="https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federal_Information_Processing_Standard" title="Federal Information Processing Standard – Romanian" lang="ro" hreflang="ro" data-title="Federal Information Processing Standard" data-language-autonym="Română" data-language-local-name="Romanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Română</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ru mw-list-item"><a href="https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A4%D0%B5%D0%B4%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%BB%D1%8C%D0%BD%D1%8B%D0%B5_%D1%81%D1%82%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B4%D0%B0%D1%80%D1%82%D1%8B_%D0%BE%D0%B1%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%B1%D0%BE%D1%82%D0%BA%D0%B8_%D0%B8%D0%BD%D1%84%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%BC%D0%B0%D1%86%D0%B8%D0%B8" title="Федеральные стандарты обработки информации – Russian" lang="ru" hreflang="ru" data-title="Федеральные стандарты обработки информации" data-language-autonym="Русский" data-language-local-name="Russian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Русский</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-simple mw-list-item"><a href="https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federal_Information_Processing_Standards" title="Federal Information Processing Standards – Simple English" lang="en-simple" hreflang="en-simple" data-title="Federal Information Processing Standards" data-language-autonym="Simple English" data-language-local-name="Simple English" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Simple English</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sr mw-list-item"><a href="https://sr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Savezni_standard_za_obradu_informacija" title="Savezni standard za obradu informacija – Serbian" lang="sr" hreflang="sr" data-title="Savezni standard za obradu informacija" data-language-autonym="Српски / srpski" data-language-local-name="Serbian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Српски / srpski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sh mw-list-item"><a href="https://sh.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federalni_standard_obrade_informacija" title="Federalni standard obrade informacija – Serbo-Croatian" lang="sh" hreflang="sh" data-title="Federalni standard obrade informacija" data-language-autonym="Srpskohrvatski / српскохрватски" data-language-local-name="Serbo-Croatian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Srpskohrvatski / српскохрватски</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fi mw-list-item"><a href="https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/FIPS" title="FIPS – Finnish" lang="fi" hreflang="fi" data-title="FIPS" data-language-autonym="Suomi" data-language-local-name="Finnish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Suomi</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sv mw-list-item"><a href="https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federal_Information_Processing_Standard" title="Federal Information Processing Standard – Swedish" lang="sv" hreflang="sv" data-title="Federal Information Processing Standard" data-language-autonym="Svenska" data-language-local-name="Swedish" 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title="FIPS code">FIPS code</a>)</span></div></div> <div id="mw-content-text" class="mw-body-content"><div class="mw-content-ltr mw-parser-output" lang="en" dir="ltr"><div class="shortdescription nomobile noexcerpt noprint searchaux" style="display:none">Technical standard</div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">For the county code, see <a href="/wiki/FIPS_county_code" title="FIPS county code">FIPS county code</a>.</div> <p>The <b>Federal Information Processing Standards</b> (<b>FIPS</b>) of the <a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States">United States</a> are a set of publicly announced <a href="/wiki/Standardization" title="Standardization">standards</a> that the <a href="/wiki/National_Institute_of_Standards_and_Technology" title="National Institute of Standards and Technology">National Institute of Standards and Technology</a> (NIST) has developed for use in computer situs of non-military United States government agencies and contractors.<sup id="cite_ref-GenInfo_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-GenInfo-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> FIPS standards establish requirements for ensuring computer security and interoperability, and are intended for cases in which suitable industry standards do not already exist.<sup id="cite_ref-GenInfo_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-GenInfo-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> AIR FIPS specifications are modified versions of standards the technical communities use, such as the <a href="/wiki/American_National_Standards_Institute" title="American National Standards Institute">American National Standards Institute</a> (ANSI), the <a href="/wiki/Institute_of_Electrical_and_Electronics_Engineers" title="Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers">Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers</a> (IEEE), and the <a href="/wiki/International_Organization_for_Standardization" title="International Organization for Standardization">International Organization for Standardization</a> (ISO). </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Specific_areas_of_FIPS_standardization">Specific areas of FIPS standardization</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Federal_Information_Processing_Standards&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Specific areas of FIPS standardization"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The U.S. government has developed various FIPS specifications to standardize a number of topics including: </p> <ul><li>Codes, e.g., <a href="/wiki/FIPS_county_code" title="FIPS county code">FIPS county codes</a> or codes to indicate weather conditions or emergency indications. In 1994, <a href="/wiki/National_Oceanic_and_Atmospheric_Administration" title="National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration">National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration</a> (NOAA) began broadcasting FIPS codes along with their standard weather broadcasts from local stations. These codes identify the type of emergency and the specific geographic area, such as a county, affected by the emergency.</li> <li>Encryption standards, such as <a href="/wiki/Advanced_Encryption_Standard" title="Advanced Encryption Standard">AES</a> (FIPS 197),<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and its predecessor, the withdrawn <a href="/wiki/Data_Encryption_Standard" title="Data Encryption Standard">56-bit DES</a> (FIPS 46-3).<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Data_security_standards">Data security standards</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Federal_Information_Processing_Standards&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Data security standards"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Some FIPS standards are related to the security of data processing systems.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Some of these include the use of <a href="/wiki/Key_escrow" title="Key escrow">key escrow</a> systems.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Withdrawal_of_geographic_codes">Withdrawal of geographic codes</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Federal_Information_Processing_Standards&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Withdrawal of geographic codes"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Some examples of FIPS Codes for geographical areas include FIPS 10-4 for <a href="/wiki/List_of_FIPS_country_codes" title="List of FIPS country codes">country codes</a> or <a href="/wiki/List_of_FIPS_region_codes" title="List of FIPS region codes">region codes</a> and FIPS 5-2 for <a href="/wiki/FIPS_state_code" class="mw-redirect" title="FIPS state code">state codes</a>. These codes were similar to or comparable with, but not the same as, <a href="/wiki/ISO_3166" title="ISO 3166">ISO 3166</a>, or the <a href="/wiki/Nomenclature_of_Territorial_Units_for_Statistics" title="Nomenclature of Territorial Units for Statistics">NUTS</a> standard of the <a href="/wiki/European_Union" title="European Union">European Union</a>. In 2002, the <a href="/wiki/National_Institute_of_Standards_and_Technology" title="National Institute of Standards and Technology">National Institute of Standards and Technology</a> (NIST) withdrew several geographic FIPS code standards, including those for countries (FIPS 10-4), <a href="/wiki/U.S._state" title="U.S. state">U.S. states</a> (FIPS 5-2), and <a href="/wiki/County_(United_States)" title="County (United States)">counties</a> (<a href="/wiki/FIPS_county_code" title="FIPS county code">FIPS 6-4</a>).<sup id="cite_ref-withdraw_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-withdraw-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-fr_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-fr-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> These are to be replaced by ISO 3166 and <a href="/wiki/International_Committee_for_Information_Technology_Standards" title="International Committee for Information Technology Standards">INCITS</a> standards 38 and 31, respectively.<sup id="cite_ref-replacement_chart_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-replacement_chart-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Some of the codes maintain the previous numerical system, particularly for states.<sup id="cite_ref-ansi_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ansi-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2008, NIST withdrew the FIPS 55-3 database.<sup id="cite_ref-withdraw_7-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-withdraw-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This database included 5-digit numeric place codes for cities, towns, and villages, or other centers of population in the United States. The codes were assigned alphabetically to places within each state, and as a result changed frequently in order to maintain the alphabetical sorting. NIST replaced these codes with the more permanent <a href="/wiki/Geographic_Names_Information_System" title="Geographic Names Information System">GNIS</a> Feature ID, maintained by the <a href="/wiki/U.S._Board_on_Geographic_Names" class="mw-redirect" title="U.S. Board on Geographic Names">U.S. Board on Geographic Names</a>. The GNIS database is the official geographic names repository database for the United States, and is designated the only source of geographic names and locative attributes for use by the agencies of the Federal Government.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> FIPS 8-6 "Metropolitan Areas" and 9-1 "Congressional Districts of the U.S." were also withdrawn in 2008, to be replaced with <a href="/wiki/International_Committee_for_Information_Technology_Standards" title="International Committee for Information Technology Standards">INCITS</a> standards 454 and 455, respectively.<sup id="cite_ref-replacement_chart_9-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-replacement_chart-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/U.S._Census_Bureau" class="mw-redirect" title="U.S. Census Bureau">U.S. Census Bureau</a> used FIPS place codes database to identify legal and statistical entities for county subdivisions, places, and <a href="/wiki/Indigenous_peoples_of_the_Americas" title="Indigenous peoples of the Americas">American Indian</a> areas, <a href="/wiki/Alaska_Native" class="mw-redirect" title="Alaska Native">Alaska Native</a> areas, or <a href="/wiki/Native_Hawaiian" class="mw-redirect" title="Native Hawaiian">Hawaiian home lands</a> when they needed to present census data for these areas.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In response to the NIST decision, the Census Bureau is in the process of transitioning over to the GNIS Feature ID, which will be completed after the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Census,_2010" class="mw-redirect" title="United States Census, 2010">2010 Census</a>.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Dates_and_numbers#Chronological_items" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Dates and numbers"><span title="The date of the event predicted near this tag has passed. (January 2024)">needs update</span></a></i>]</sup> Until then, previously issued FIPS place codes, renamed "Census Code", will continue to be used, with the Census bureau assigning new codes as needed for their internal use during the transition.<sup id="cite_ref-ansi_10-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ansi-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-transition_13-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-transition-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Federal_Information_Processing_Standards&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Federal_Information_Security_Management_Act_of_2002" title="Federal Information Security Management Act of 2002">Federal Information Security Management Act of 2002</a> (FISMA)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/FIPS_137" title="FIPS 137">FIPS 137</a> (Federal Standard for <a href="/wiki/Linear_predictive_coding" title="Linear predictive coding">Linear Predictive Coding</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/FIPS_140" title="FIPS 140">FIPS 140</a> (<i>Security requirements for <a href="/wiki/Cryptographic" class="mw-redirect" title="Cryptographic">cryptography</a> modules</i>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/FIPS_153" class="mw-redirect" title="FIPS 153">FIPS 153</a> (3D graphics)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/FIPS_197" class="mw-redirect" title="FIPS 197">FIPS 197</a> (<a href="/wiki/Rijndael" class="mw-redirect" title="Rijndael">Rijndael</a> / <a href="/wiki/Advanced_Encryption_Standard" title="Advanced Encryption Standard">AES</a> cipher)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/FIPS_199" title="FIPS 199">FIPS 199</a> (<i>Standards for Security Categorization of Federal Information and Information Systems</i>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/FIPS_201" title="FIPS 201">FIPS 201</a> (<i>Personal Identity Verification for Federal Employees and Contractors</i>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_FIPS_region_codes" title="List of FIPS region codes">List of FIPS region codes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Federal_Information_Processing_Standard_state_code" title="Federal Information Processing Standard state code">List of FIPS state codes</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Federal_Information_Processing_Standards&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output 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