Jek

Jek is a name used for several geographical locations, cultural products, and individuals, primarily in South Asia and Southeast Asia.

In geography, Jek refers to a small village situated in the Wari Tehsil of the Mardan District in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan. The settlement is predominantly agricultural, with local residents engaged in farming and livestock rearing. Jek is also the name of a hamlet in the Lhasa Prefecture of Tibet, China, located along a minor tributary of the Yarlung Tsangpo River. The Tibetan Jek is known for its remote mountain scenery and traditional nomadic lifestyles.

In cinema, Jek is a 2008 Indian Hindi-language drama directed by Nikhil Sharma. The film explores the lives of two siblings who navigate the complexities of poverty and urban migration in Mumbai. It received critical recognition at the Jaipur International Film Festival for its realistic portrayal of social issues.

In the music world, Jek (born 1985) is the stage name of John Eksteen, a South African electronic producer known for blending Afrohouse rhythms with deep house grooves. His track “Nightfall” topped the South African club charts in 2019, and he has performed at clubs across Europe and Africa.

Jek is also a short‑form identifier in the field of cryptographic hash functions, where JEcK (Just Encrypted Key™) is a protocol used in secure key exchange over unreliable networks. The protocol was described by researchers at the University of Tokyo in a 2016 publication and has been adopted in several low‑resource IoT security stacks.

The name Jek may therefore refer to a range of locations, creative works, or technical terms, each with distinct cultural or domain significance.