Token may refer to:
Arts, entertainment, and media
* Token, a
game piece or counter, used in some games
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The Tokens, 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 artist ...
, a recurring character on the animated television series ''South Park,'' formerly known as Token Black
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Token
Token may refer to:
Arts, entertainment, and media
* Token, a game piece or counter, used in some games
* The Tokens, a vocal music group
* Tolkien Black, a recurring character on the animated television series ''South Park,'' formerly known as ...
, 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, a unique identifier of an interaction session
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Security token or hardware token, authentication token or cryptographic token, a physical device for computer authentication
*** Bearer token, a type of security token in
OAuth that gives access to its bearer
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Access token, a system object representing the subject of access control operations
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Tokenization (data security), 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, a network technology in which a token circles in a logical ring
** Token, an object used in
Petri net theory
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Lexical token, a word or other atomic parse element
Economics
* Token, a
voucher or gift card redeemable for items of value
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Token coin, 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, carried by a medieval knight
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Token money, money that is of limited legal tender
* Tokens,
exonumia, 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), 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)
Tokin may refer to:
*Tokin (headwear) (頭襟 or 頭巾), a small black box worn on the foreheads of Yamabushi
*Tokin Corporation (previously NEC Tokin), a Japanese electronic and electrical parts company
**Tokin—officially NEC Tokin FC—a foo ...
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