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Tech HistoryDeep Dive October 3, 2026 8 min read

DES: How a Public Federal Cipher Became a Shared Computing Standard

Follow DES from NBS's 1973 request for algorithms through public review, FIPS 46, hardware implementation, and the limits of standardization.

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Tech HistoryDeep Dive October 3, 2026 8 min read

How a 1970s IEEE working group turned incompatible binary arithmetic into shared formats, rounding rules, exceptions, and interchange behavior.

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