Token

The Simple English Wiktionary has a definition for: token.

Token can be,

Economics

  • Token, a voucher or gift card that can be used to buy things
  • Token coin, a small, flat, round piece of metal or plastic that can sometimes be used instead of money
    • Casino token, also known as a casino chip, check, cheque, or gaming chip
    • Knight's token, carried by a medieval knight
  • Token money, money that is of limited legal tender
  • Tokens, exonumia, items of currency other than coins and paper money

Computing

  • Token, an object (in software or in hardware) which represents the right to perform some operation:
    • Session token, a unique identifier of an interaction session
    • Tokenization (data security), the process of substituting a sensitive data element
  • Lexical token, a word or other atomic parse element

Arts, entertainment, and media

  • Token, a game piece or counter, used in some games
  • The Tokens, a vocal music group

Other uses

  • P-20 radar, NATO reporting name "Token"
  • Token (cryptocurrency), some types of cryptocurrency
  • Token (railway signalling), a physical object given to a locomotive driver to authorize him to use a particular (part or) stretch of single railway track
  • Token Racing, a Formula One car racing team
  • Tokenism, the inclusion of a single person (or very few people) of a group so an organization can publicly claim to be inclusive
  • Type-token distinction, in logic, linguistics, and computer programming


  • All pages beginning with Token
  • All pages with titles containing Token
  • Tokin (disambiguation)
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