TIGER/Line(TM) Files, 1992

                          Appendix I
                    Acronyms/Abbreviations


1990 Census TIGER/Line files  TIGER/Line(TM) Census Files, 1990
1992 TIGER/Line files         TIGER/Line(TM) Files, 1992

ACF                           Address Control File
AI/ANA                        American Indian/Alaska Native 
                                Area
AIR                           American Indian reservation
ANRC                          Alaska Native Regional 
                                Corporation
ANV                           Alaska Native village
ANVSA                         Alaska Native village
                                statistical area

BG                            block group
BIA                           Bureau of Indian Affairs
BNA                           block numbering area

CCD                           census county division
CDP                           census designated place
CFCC                          census feature class code
CSAC                          Census Statistical Area
                                Committee

DLG                           Digital Line Graph

FEAT                          Alternate Feature
                                Identification Code
FIPS                          Federal Information Processing 
                                Standard

GICS                          Geographic Identification Code 
                                Scheme
GIS                           Geographic Information System
GT                            geometry and topology

LAND                          landmark feature identification 
                                number

MCD                           minor civil division

PL                            Public Law
POLYID                        polygon identification number
PUBGRF90                      TIGER Geographic Reference
                                File--Names, 1990

SDTS                          Spatial Data Transfer Standard
STF                           Summary Tape File

TAZ                           traffic analysis zone
TDSA                          Tribal Designated Statistical 
                                Area
TIGER                         Topologically Integrated 
                                Geographic Encoding and
                                Referencing
TJSA                          Tribal Jurisdiction Statistical 
                                Area
TLID                          TIGER/Line Record
                                Identification Number
                              
U/R                           urban/rural
UA                            urbanized area
USGS                          United States Geological Survey
USPS                          United States Postal Service
UT                            unorganized territory

VTD                           voting district