For DES we have terms and definitions in 17 topics. The topics are Agriculture Acronyms, Baby, Cancer, Cellular Networking, Chat Acronyms, Corrosion, Environment, Environmental Acronyms, Fertility, Flight Regulations Acronyms, Information Security, Information Warfare, Personal Injury, Prostate Cancer, Sex, Technology and World War II Acronyms.

DES (Agriculture Acronyms)

Directorate of Economics and Statistics

DES (Baby)

A synthetic form of estrogen once given to women to prevent miscarriage. Discovered in the late 1960s to have serious side effects, including cancer, infertility, and miscarriage.

DES (Cancer)

Diethylstilbestrol (dye-ETH-ul-stil-BES-trol). A synthetic form of the hormone estrogen that was prescribed to pregnant women between about 1940 and 1971 because it was thought to prevent miscarriages. DES may increase the risk of uterine, ovarian, or breast cancer in women who took it. DES also has been linked to an increased risk of clear cell carcinoma of the vagina or cervix in daughters exposed to DES before birth.

DES (Cellular Networking)

Data Encryption Standard. A commonly used encryption method, usually used with 56 bit keys. See AES, TDES.

DES (Chat Acronyms)

Description

DES (Corrosion)

Diethylstilbestrol (DES) used to be prescribed to pregnant women believed to need more estrogen to maintain their pregnancies. Daughters of these women, who were exposed in the womb to DES, developed a rare form of vaginal cancer.

DES (Environment)

A synthetic estrogen, diethylstilbestrol is used as a growth stimulant in food animals. Residues in meat are thought to be carcinogenic.

DES (Environmental Acronyms)

Diethylstilbesterol

DES (Fertility)

Also known as diethylstilbestrol; This is a medication that was prescribed to pregnant women during the late 1940's to the early 70's to prevent miscarriage. Its use was banned in 1971 in pregnant women because it was found to cause abnormalities and deformities of the reproductive organs in the children of women who took this drug during pregnancy. During an infertility evaluation, you may be asked if your mother took this drug while she was pregnant with you

DES (Flight Regulations Acronyms)

Directorate of Evaluation and Standardization

DES (Information Security)

Data Encryption Standard (DES) is a federal standard adopted by the U.S. government for the encryption of commercial and government data. US government has started to use Triple-DES (input data is encrypted three times using DES) until Advanced Encryption Standard (AES) is ready for general use.

DES (Information Warfare)

Data Encryption Standard. The formerly popular algorithm for encrypting data. Now replaced by AES.

DES (Personal Injury)

Diethylstilbestrol (DES) used to be prescribed to pregnant women believed to need more estrogen to maintain their pregnancies. Daughters of these women, who were exposed in the womb to DES, developed a rare form of vaginal cancer.

DES (Prostate Cancer)

See diethylstilbestrol

DES (Sex)

Diethylstilbestrol, a synthetic estrogen once used to prevent miscarriages, that is now known to increase the risk of certain cancers not only in the women who were given the drug, but their offspring. It is still occasionally used as a form of "morning-after" birth control.

DES (Technology)

Acronym for Data Encryption Standard. A specification for encryption of computer data developed by IBM and adopted by the U.S. government as a standard in 1976. DES uses a 56-bit key. See also encryption, key (definition 3).

DES (World War II Acronyms)

Destroyer

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