DES

DES may mean:

• Data Encryption Standard, a deprecated cryptographic block cipher that falls to brute force attacks due to its short 56-bit key
• Diethylstilbestrol, a synthetic estrogen developed to supplement a woman's natural estrogen production
• Detached eddy simulation, a turbulence model used in computational fluid dynamics
• 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