DES

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