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token — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • token noun A small object, coin, or piece of metal or plastic used in place of money, such as for a subway turnstile or arcade machine.

Senses

token is used for these senses in English:

  • token (computing) An atomic piece of data, such as a word, for which a meaning may be inferred during parsing.

token — full definition

  1. noun A small object, coin, or piece of metal or plastic used in place of money, such as for a subway turnstile or arcade machine.
  2. noun Something that stands for or symbolizes something else; a sign or keepsake.
  3. noun A digital asset created and managed on a blockchain.
  4. noun A unit of text (such as a word or part of a word) that a computer program or AI model processes.
  5. adjective Done only to give the appearance of meeting a requirement, rather than as a genuine effort.

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