DES
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DES may mean:
- Data Encryption Standard, a cryptographic block cipher
- Diethylstilbestrol, a synthetic estrogen developed to supplement a woman's natural estrogen production
- Delivered Ex Ship, an Incoterm
- Deep Ecliptic Survey, an astronomy project to find Kuiper belt objects
- Department for Education and Skills, a department in the United Kingdom government
- Detached eddy simulation, a turbulence model used in computational fluid dynamics
- Discrete event simulation, a simulation that models a system by examining its changes as discrete events
- Drug-eluting stent, a device placed in coronary arteries to treat or prevent heart attacks
- Discrete event system, a system with state changes driven by discrete events
- Diffuse esophageal spasm, a condition resulting from a disorder of the esophagus
DES or Des may also be:
- The IATA airport code for Desroches Airport
- A shortened form of the names Desmond and Desiree