AES most often refers to: *

Advanced Encryption Standard The Advanced Encryption Standard (AES), also known by its original name Rijndael (), is a specification for the encryption of electronic data established by the U.S. National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) in 2001. AES is a variant ...

, or Rijndael, a specification for the encryption of electronic data **

Advanced Encryption Standard process The Advanced Encryption Standard (AES), the symmetric block cipher ratified as a standard by National Institute of Standards and Technology of the United States (NIST), was chosen using a process lasting from 1997 to 2000 that was markedly more ...

, the process used in choosing an algorithm for standardization as AES **

AES instruction set An Advanced Encryption Standard instruction set (AES instruction set) is a set of instructions that are specifically designed to perform AES encryption and decryption operations efficiently. These instructions are typically found in modern process ...

, an x86 microprocessor architecture addition improving Advanced Encryption Standard implementation AES may also refer to:

Aviation

* IATA airport code for Ålesund Airport, Vigra in Møre og Romsdal County, Norway

Businesses and organizations

Companies

* AES Andes, formerly AES Gener, a Chilean electricity company * AES Corporation, an American electricity company * AES Data, former owner of Daisy Systems Holland * AES Eletropaulo, a former Brazilian electricity company * AES Hawaii, an American electricity company * American Education Services, part of the Pennsylvania Higher Education Assistance Agency * Asian Educational Services, an Indian publisher

Schools

* Academy of Environmental Science, in Crystal River, Florida, U.S. * AES Algiers, in Algeria * American Embassy School, in New Delhi, India * Ascension Episcopal School, in Louisiana, U.S. * Assumption English School, in Bukit Panjang, Singapore * Ayden Elementary School, school in

Ayden, North Carolina Ayden is a town A town is a type of a human settlement, generally larger than a village but smaller than a city. The criteria for distinguishing a town vary globally, often depending on factors such as population size, economic character, a ...

Other organizations

* Academic Evaluation Services, a global organization that provides evaluations of foreign academic credential and translation services * AES Group, now AES+F, a Russian artist collective * Amateur Entomologists' Society, a British organisation *

American Elasmobranch Society The American Elasmobranch Society (AES) is an international learned society devoted to the scientific study of chondrichthyans (shark Sharks are a group of elasmobranch cartilaginous fish characterized by a ribless endoskeleton, dermal den ...

, a professional society *

American Epilepsy Society The American Epilepsy Society (AES) is a nationwide 501(c)(3) non-profit organization for medical professionals and scientific investigators dedicated to finding the prevention, treatment, and cure of epilepsy Epilepsy is a group of Non-co ...

, an American professional society for epilepsy *

Association of European Sommeliers The Association of European Sommeliers or AES is a non-profit organization founded in 2004 to promote the profession of sommelier A ''sommelier'' ( , , ), ''chef de vin'' or wine steward, is a trained and knowledgeable wine professional, normal ...

, a non-profit organization to promote the profession of sommelier in Europe *

Audio Engineering Society The Audio Engineering Society (AES) is a professional body for engineers, scientists, other individuals with an interest or involvement in the professional audio industry. The membership largely comprises engineers developing devices or product ...

, an American professional society

Science and technology

Acoustic echo suppression Echo suppression and echo cancellation are methods used in telephony to improve voice quality by preventing echo from being created or removing it after it is already present. In addition to improving subjective audio quality, echo suppression ...

, in telephony *

Advanced electronic signature An advanced electronic signature (AES or AdES) is an electronic signature that has met the requirements set forth under EU Regulation No 910/2014 ( eIDAS-regulation) on electronic identification and trust services for electronic transactions in t ...

, an EU-compliant electronic signature system (alternatively AdES) * AES (Advanced Entertainment System), a version of the Neo Geo *

Agricultural experiment station An agricultural experiment station (AES) or agricultural research station (ARS) is a scientific research center that investigates difficulties and potential improvements to food production and agribusiness. Experiment station scientists work with ...

, a scientific research center *

Algebraic entry system There are various ways in which calculators interpret keystrokes. These can be categorized into two main types: * On a single-step or immediate-execution calculator, the user presses a key for each operation, calculating all the intermediate resu ...

, a calculator input method *

Alkaline earth silicate Mineral wool is any fiber, fibrous material formed by spinning (polymers)#Melt spinning, spinning or drawing (manufacturing)#Plastic drawing, drawing molten mineral or rock materials such as slag and ceramic material, ceramics. Applications o ...

, a mineral wool * Application Environment Services, a component of GEM (desktop environment) * Atomic emission spectroscopy, a method of chemical analysis * Auger electron spectroscopy, in surface chemistry and materials science * Automated Enforcement System, a road safety enforcement system in Malaysia * Automated essay scoring, the use of computers to assign grades * Automated Export System, an American exports information system * Automatic Extinguishing System Automatic fire suppression

Other uses

* Actually existing socialism, a catchphrase coined by Leonid Brezhnev to refer to Soviet-style economic planning * "Aes", a 1999 song by

Skepticism Skepticism ( US) or scepticism ( UK) is a questioning attitude or doubt toward knowledge claims that are seen as mere belief or dogma. For example, if a person is skeptical about claims made by their government about an ongoing war then the p ...

* AES Railcar, a Chilean railcar *

Alliance of Sahel States The Alliance of Sahel States (, AES) is a confederation formed between Mali, Niger, and Burkina Faso. It originated as a mutual defense pact created on 16 September 2023 following the 2023 Nigerien crisis, in which the West African political bl ...

(French: l'Alliance des États du Sahel), an intergovernmental military alliance between Mali, Niger and Burkina Faso * Alsea language, ISO 639-3 code aes * Alternative Economic Strategy, an economic strategy proposed in the 1970s by British politician Tony Benn * Hainai, a Native American tribe sometimes also called the Aes