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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  DES
       n 1: a potent estrogen used in medicine and in feed for livestock
            and poultry [syn: {diethylstilbestrol}, {diethylstilboestrol},
             {stilbestrol}, {stilboestrol}]
       2: synthetic nonsteroid with the properties of estrogen;
          formerly used to treat menstrual problems but was found to
          be associated with vaginal cancers in the daughters of
          women so treated during pregnancy [syn: {diethylstilbesterol},
           {stilbesterol}]

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03) [foldoc]:

  DES
       
          {Data Encryption Standard}
       
       

From Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms (Version 1.9, June 2002) [vera]:

  DES
       Data Encryption Standard (cryptography, NIST, IBM)
       
       

From Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms (Version 1.9, June 2002) [vera]:

  DES
       Destination End System
       
       

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