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Look up Des and des in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.

DES can mean: Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ... Wiktionary logo Wiktionary[1] is a Wikimedia Foundation project intended to be a free wiki dictionary (including thesaurus and lexicon) in every language. ...

DES may also be: General Designer(s) IBM First published 1975 (January 1977 as the standard) Derived from Lucifer (cipher) Cipher(s) based on this design Triple DES, G-DES, DES-X, LOKI89, ICE Algorithm detail Block size(s) 64 bits Key size(s) 56 bits Structure Feistel network Number of rounds 16 Best... Diethylstilbestrol (DES) is a drug, a synthetic estrogen that was developed to supplement a womans natural estrogen production. ... Delivered Ex Ship (DES) is an Incoterm. ... The Deep Ecliptic Survey is a project to find Kuiper belt objects, using the facilities of the National Optical Astronomy Observatory. ... Department for Education and Skills (DfES) is a department in the United Kingdom government created in 2001. ... A simulation is an imitation of some real device or state of affairs. ...

  • The IATA airport code for Desroches Airport
  • Des, a shortened form of the name Desmond

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