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, 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
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. 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 en ...
, 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
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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, 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 o ...
, 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 u ...
, 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
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 ...
, items of currency other than coins and paper money
Other uses
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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 it belongs to. A token s ...
, 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 ...
, 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 wi ...
, 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 foo ...
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