Federal Information Processing Standard

nounverified·updated Aug 28, 2026

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A standard for adoption and use by federal departments and agencies that has been developed within the Information Technology Laboratory and published by the National Institute of Standards and Technology, a part of the U.S. Department of Commerce. A FIPS covers some topic in information technology in order to achieve a common level of quality or some level of interoperability.

Framework senses

5 senses across 5 frameworks

NISTIR 7298: Glossary of Key Information Security Terms, Revision 21 senseview framework →

§1: A standard for adoption and use by federal departments and agencies that has been developed within the Information Technology Laboratory and published by the National Institute of Standards and Technology, a part of the U.S. Department of Commerce. A FIPS covers some topic in information technology in order to achieve a common level of quality or some level of interoperability.

FIPS PUB 2011 senseview framework →

§1: A standard for adoption and use by federal departments and agencies that has been developed within the Information Technology Laboratory and published by the National Institute of Standards and Technology, a part of the U.S. Department of Commerce. A FIPS covers some topic in information technology in order to achieve a common level of quality or some level of interoperability.

NIST SP 800-172r31 senseview framework →

§1 · acronym list: FIPS: Federal Information Processing Standards
Attribution from the CKI glossary mapping stage (acronym list)

NIST SP 800-171r31 senseview framework →

§1 · acronym list: FIPS: Federal Information Processing Standards
Attribution from the CKI glossary mapping stage (acronym list)

Legacy lexicon import1 senseview framework →

§1 · legacy_primary: A standard for adoption and use by federal departments and agencies that has been developed within the Information Technology Laboratory and published by the National Institute of Standards and Technology, a part of the U.S. Department of Commerce. A FIPS covers some topic in information technology in order to achieve a common level of quality or some level of interoperability.
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