Advanced Encryption Standard
noun[S]
ITukus(abbreviationAES)a way ofencryptingdata(=protectingit by putting it into aformthat can only bereadbyparticularpeople)that isacceptedand used by the USgovernment:
The new version'smainsellingpointisstrongerencryptionusing the Advanced Encryption Standard, which thefederalgovernmentrequiresforhandlingsensitiveinformation.