Data Encryption Standard

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Data Encryption Standard

Summary

Data Encryption Standard is a technical standard[1]. It ranks in the top 10% of technical_standard entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (322 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Data Encryption Standard's image is recorded as Board300.jpg[3].
  • Data Encryption Standard's instance of is recorded as technical standard[4].
  • Data Encryption Standard's instance of is recorded as Feistel cipher[5].
  • Data Encryption Standard's based on is recorded as Lucifer[6].
  • Data Encryption Standard's designed by is recorded as IBM[7].
  • Data Encryption Standard's has use is recorded as encryption[8].
  • Data Encryption Standard's Commons category is recorded as Data Encryption Standard[9].
  • +1977-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Data Encryption Standard[10].
  • Data Encryption Standard's publication date is recorded as +1975-00-00T00:00:00Z[11].
  • Data Encryption Standard's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0270z[12].
  • Data Encryption Standard's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Data Encryption Standard[13].
  • Data Encryption Standard's described by source is recorded as Performance Evaluation of DES and Blowfish Algorithms[14].
  • Data Encryption Standard's described by source is recorded as Security Engineering: A Guide to Building Dependable Distributed Systems, 2nd edition[15].
  • Data Encryption Standard's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as topic/Data-Encryption-Standard[16].
  • Data Encryption Standard's block size is recorded as {'unit': 'Q8805', 'amount': '+64'}[17].
  • Data Encryption Standard's File Format Wiki page ID is recorded as DES[18].
  • Data Encryption Standard's Quora topic ID is recorded as Data-Encryption-Standard[19].
  • Data Encryption Standard's ITU/ISO/IEC object ID is recorded as 1.0.9979.4[20].
  • Data Encryption Standard's ITU/ISO/IEC object ID is recorded as 1.3.12.2.1011.7.1.2[21].
  • Data Encryption Standard's derivative work is recorded as DES-X[22].
  • Data Encryption Standard's derivative work is recorded as Double DES[23].
  • Data Encryption Standard's derivative work is recorded as MacGuffin[24].
  • Data Encryption Standard's derivative work is recorded as Triple DES[25].
  • Data Encryption Standard's derivative work is recorded as DEAL[26].
  • Data Encryption Standard's derivative work is recorded as ICE[27].

Body

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include technical standard[4] and Feistel cipher[5].

History and Context

+1977-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Data Encryption Standard[10].

Cultural Significance

Things named for Data Encryption Standard include EFF DES cracker[28], a one-of-a-kind computer[29].

Why It Matters

Data Encryption Standard ranks in the top 10% of technical_standard entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (322 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[30] It is known by 19 alternative names across languages and contexts.[31]

Entities named for it include EFF DES cracker[28], a one-of-a-kind computer[29].

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . Quora. wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [28] . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [29] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [30] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [31] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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