Token may refer to:
Arts, entertainment, and media
* Token, a
game piece or counter, used in some games
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The Tokens
The Tokens were an American doo-wop band and record production company group from Brooklyn, New York City. The group has had four top 40 hits on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100, all in the 1960s, their biggest being the chart-topping 1961 hit singl ...
, a vocal music group
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Tolkien Black
Tolkien Black (originally known as Token Williams and Token Black) is a fictional character in the adult animated television series '' South Park''. He was originally voiced by Trey Parker, later changed to series art director, storyboard art ...
, a recurring character on the animated television series ''South Park,'' formerly known as Token Black
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Token, a hip hop emcee from Massachusetts
Computing
* Token, an object (in software or in hardware) which represents the right to perform some operation:
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Session token
In computer science, a session identifier, session ID or session token is a piece of data that is used in network communications (often over HTTP) to identify a session, a series of related message exchanges. Session identifiers become necessary ...
, a unique identifier of an interaction session
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Security token
A security token is a peripheral device used to gain access to an electronically restricted resource. The token is used in addition to or in place of a password. It acts like an electronic key to access something. Examples of security tokens incl ...
or hardware token, authentication token or cryptographic token, a physical device for computer authentication
*** Bearer token, a type of security token in
OAuth
OAuth (short for "Open Authorization") is an open standard for access delegation, commonly used as a way for internet users to grant websites or applications access to their information on other websites but without giving them the passwords. T ...
that gives access to its bearer
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Access token
In computer systems, an access token contains the security credentials for a login session and identifies the user, the user's groups, the user's privileges, and, in some cases, a particular application. In some instances, one may be asked to ente ...
, a system object representing the subject of access control operations
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Tokenization (data security)
Tokenization, when applied to data security, is the process of substituting a sensitive data element with a non-sensitive equivalent, referred to as a token, that has no intrinsic or exploitable meaning or value. The token is a reference (i.e. ...
, the process of substituting a sensitive data element
** Invitation token, in an
invitation system
An invitation system is a method of encouraging people to join an organization, such as a club or a website. In regular society, it refers to any system whereby new members are chosen; they cannot simply apply. In relation to websites and other tec ...
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Token Ring
Token Ring network
IBM hermaphroditic connector with locking clip. Screen contacts are prominently visible, gold-plated signal contacts less so.
Token Ring is a computer networking technology used to build local area networks. It was introduc ...
, a network technology in which a token circles in a logical ring
** Token, an object used in
Petri net
A Petri net, also known as a place/transition (PT) net, is one of several mathematical modeling languages for the description of distributed systems. It is a class of discrete event dynamic system. A Petri net is a directed bipartite graph that ...
theory
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Lexical token
In computer science, lexical analysis, lexing or tokenization is the process of converting a sequence of characters (such as in a computer program or web page) into a sequence of ''lexical tokens'' ( strings with an assigned and thus identified ...
, a word or other atomic parse element
Economics
* Token, a
voucher
A voucher is a bond of the redeemable transaction type which is worth a certain monetary value and which may be spent only for specific reasons or on specific goods. Examples include housing, travel, and food vouchers. The term voucher is also a ...
or gift card redeemable for items of value
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Token coin
In numismatics, token coins or trade tokens are coin-like objects used instead of coins. The field of token coins is part of exonumia and token coins are token money. Their denomination is shown or implied by size, color or shape. They are oft ...
, a small, flat, round piece of metal or plastic that can sometimes be used instead of money, e.g.:
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Casino token
Casino tokens (also known as casino or gaming chips, checks, cheques or poker chips) are small discs used in terms of currency in casinos. Colored metal, injection-molded plastic or compression molded clay tokens of various denominations are us ...
, also known as a casino chip, check, cheque, or gaming chip
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Knight's token
Hastilude is a generic term used in the Middle Ages to refer to many kinds of martial games. The word comes from the Latin ''hastiludium'', literally "lance game". By the 14th century, the term usually excluded tournaments and was used to des ...
, carried by a medieval knight
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Token money
Token money, or token, is a form of money that has a lesser intrinsic value compared to its face value. Token money is anything that is accepted as money, not due to its intrinsic value but instead because of custom or legal enactment. Token mo ...
, money that is of limited legal tender
* Tokens,
exonumia
Exonumia are numismatic items (such as tokens, medals, or scrip) other than coins and paper money. This includes "Good For" tokens, badges, counterstamped coins, elongated coins, encased coins, souvenir medallions, tags, wooden nickels and oth ...
, items of currency other than coins and paper money
Other uses
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Token (cryptocurrency)
A cryptocurrency, crypto-currency, or crypto is a digital currency designed to work as a medium of exchange through a computer network that is not reliant on any central authority, such as a government or bank, to uphold or maintain it. It i ...
, certain types of cryptocurrency
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Token (railway signalling)
In railway signalling, a token is a physical object which a train driver is required to have or see before entering onto a particular section of single track. The token is clearly endorsed with the names of the section it belongs to. A token sys ...
, a physical object given to a locomotive driver to authorize him to use a particular stretch of single railway track
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Token Racing
Token Racing was a short-lived Formula One team and constructor from the United Kingdom, participating in four Grands Prix of the 1974 Formula One season.
Token's history effectively began in 1971. Ron Dennis was trying to find sponsorship for ...
, a Formula One car racing team
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Tokenism
Tokenism is the practice of making only a perfunctory or symbolic effort to be inclusive to members of minority groups, especially by recruiting people from underrepresented groups in order to give the appearance of racial or gender equality wit ...
, the inclusion of a single person (or very few people) of a group so an organization can publicly claim to be inclusive
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Type-token distinction, in logic, linguistics, and computer programming
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, Christian wedding paraphernalia also known as an ''arrhae'' or wedding coin
See also
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Tokin (disambiguation)
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