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FIPS

Term · Transportation · MLC-T-TRA-000144

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.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-TRA-000144
FieldTransportation
ReferencesTranStats Glossary
Record as JSON 
{
  "id": "MLC-T-TRA-000144",
  "term": "FIPS",
  "field": "Transportation",
  "definition": "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": [
    "TranStats Glossary"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/transportation/fips/"
}

Record 144 of 450 in Transportation terminology (MLC-0120). Request the full dataset.