Abbreviated as
FIX, a physical location that serves as the connection point between U.S. federal government agency
networks, such as those used by NASA, the Department of Energy and military agencies.
There are two FIXes, each named for the coast on which they reside: FIX East (FIX-E), located in College Park, Maryland (at the University of Maryland); and FIX West (FIX-W), located in Mountain View, California (at the NASA Ames Research Center).
