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An [Acronym] for __A__dvanced __E__ncryption __S__tandard.
-A young block cipher encryption [Algorithm] that has replaced [DES] as the [NSA] standard recommendation after winning a competition the [NSA] set up. It was originalled
called Rijndael, after its creators Joan Daemen and Vincent Rijmen.
+A young block cipher encryption [Algorithm] that has replaced [DES] as the [NSA] standard recommendation after winning a competition the [NSA] set up. It was originally
called Rijndael, after its creators Joan Daemen and Vincent Rijmen.
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+The name of [AES] was adopted after winning said competition. The finalist [Algorithm]s were Mars, RC6, Rijndael, Serpent and Twofish. Source code and more information can be found at [http://csrc.nist.gov/CryptoToolkit/aes/round2/r2algs-code.html]
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CategoryCryptography, CategoryAlgorithm
