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Token may refer to:


Arts, entertainment, and media

* Token, a Game piece (board game), 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 Token Black * Token (rapper), Token, a hip hop emcee from Massachusetts


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 **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 **Access token, a system object representing the subject of access control operations **Tokenization (data security), the process of substituting a sensitive data element ** Invitation token, in an invitation system **Token Ring, a network technology in which a token circles in a logical ring ** Token, an object used in Petri net theory * Lexical token, a word or other atomic parse element


Economics

* Token, a voucher or gift card redeemable for items of value * Token coin, a small, flat, round piece of metal or plastic that can sometimes be used instead of money, e.g.: ** 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


Other uses

* Token (cryptocurrency), certain types of cryptocurrency * Token (railway signalling), a physical object given to a locomotive driver to authorize him to use a particular 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 * Wedding token, Christian wedding paraphernalia also known as an ''arrhae'' or wedding coin


See also

* Tokin (disambiguation) * * {{disambiguation