A high energy physics laboratory located in near Tokyo, Japan. It houses the BELLE experiment, as well as the accelerator used in the K2K experiment. For further information, see http://www.kek.jp/intra.html.

High Energy Accelerator Research Organization (高エネルギー加速器研究機構 Kō EnerugÄ« Kasokuki KenkyÅ« Kikō), commonly known as KEK, is the high-energy physics research organization in Tsukuba, Ibaraki Prefecture, Japan. The two major accelerators are the 12 Ge V Proton Synchrotron (scheduled for decommissioning in 2005 or 2006) and the KEKB electron-positron collider where the Belle experiment is currently running. J-PARC proton accelerator is under construction in Tokaimura.

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key encrypting key. Crypto key used to encrypt session or data keys, and never used to encrypt the data itself.