DES
Short for Data Encryption Standard, a popular symmetric-key encryption method developed in 1975 and standardized by ANSI in 1981 as ANSI X.3.92. DES uses a 56-bit key and is illegal to export out of the U.S. or Canada.
See: Data Encryption Standard
A popular, standard encryption scheme. See also: encryption.
DES (Data Encryption Standard ) A cryptographic encryption algorithm that is part of many standards