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 (rock and pop), band and production of phonograph records, record production company group from Brooklyn, Brooklyn, New York City. The group had four top 40 hits on the Billboard Hot 100, ''Billboard'' H ...
, a vocal music group
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Tolkien Black
Tolkien Black is a fictional character in the adult animation, adult animated television series ''South Park''. He was voiced by Trey Parker in early appearances, but ''South Park'' art director Adrien Beard took over in 2000 and has performed ...
, a recurring character on the animated television series ''South Park,'' formerly known as Token Black
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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:
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Session token, 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. Examples of security tokens include wireless key cards used to open locked door ...
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. Th ...
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 Security token, token, that has no intrinsic or exploitable meaning or value. The token is a ...
, 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 te ...
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Token Ring
Token Ring is a Physical layer, physical and data link layer computer networking technology used to build local area networks. It was introduced by IBM in 1984, and standardized in 1989 as IEEE Standards Association, IEEE 802.5. It uses a sp ...
, 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 net (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 t ...
theory
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Lexical token
Lexical tokenization is conversion of a text into (semantically or syntactically) meaningful ''lexical tokens'' belonging to categories defined by a "lexer" program. In case of a natural language, those categories include nouns, verbs, adjectives ...
, 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 money, monetary value and which may be spent only for specific reasons or on specific goods. Examples include house, housing, travel, and food vouchers. The term vou ...
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 of ...
, 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 chips (also known as poker chips, gaming tokens, or checks/cheques) are small discs used as currency in casinos. Larger, rectangular gaming plaques may be used for high-stakes games. Poker chips are also widely used as play money in cas ...
, 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
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 o ...
, items of currency other than coins and paper money
Other uses
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P-20 radar, NATO reporting name "Token"
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Token (cryptocurrency), 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 to which it belongs. A t ...
, 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, a Formula One car racing team
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Tokenism
In sociology, tokenism is the social practice of making a perfunctory and symbolic effort towards the equitable inclusion of members of a minority group, especially by recruiting people from under-represented social-minority groups in order for th ...
, 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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Wedding token, 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 foot ...
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