Advanced Encryption Standard, a cryptographic algorithm used to secure digital data.
Acronym established in 2001 when the U.S. National Institute of Standards and Technology adopted Rijndael as the Advanced Encryption Standard. Named to emphasize its role as the successor to the older Data Encryption Standard (DES).
AES is so ubiquitous that it's probably protecting your data right now - it secures everything from your online banking to your smartphone messages. The algorithm was chosen through a public competition where cryptographers worldwide tried to break submitted ciphers.
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