Token

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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 Token Black
• Token (rapper), 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

• P-20 radar, NATO reporting name "Token"
• 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)
• All pages with titles beginning with Token
• All pages with titles containing Token

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