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What (who) is token - definition
WIKIMEDIA DISAMBIGUATION PAGE
Tokens; Authorization tokens; Authorization token; Token (disambiguation)
Token
·noun To Betoken.
II. Token ·noun A livid spot upon the body, indicating, or supposed to indicate, the approach of death.
III. Token ·add. ·noun In a Jacquard loom, a colored signal to show the weaver which shuttle to use.
IV. Token ·noun A piece of metal given beforehand to each person in the congregation who is permitted to partake of the Lord's Supper.
V. Token ·noun Something given or shown as a symbol or guarantee of authority or right; a sign of authenticity, of power, good faith, ·etc.
VI. Token ·noun A memorial of friendship; something by which the friendship of another person is to be kept in mind; a memento; a souvenir.
VII. Token ·noun A bit of leather having a peculiar mark designating a particular miner. Each hewer sends one of these with each corf or tub he has hewn.
VIII. Token ·noun Something intended or supposed to represent or indicate another thing or an event; a sign; a symbol; as, the rainbow is a token of God's covenant established with Noah.
IX. Token ·noun Ten and a half quires, or, commonly, 250 sheets, of paper printed on both sides; also, in some cases, the same number of sheets printed on one side, or half the number printed on both sides.
X. Token ·noun A piece of metal intended for currency, and issued by a private party, usually bearing the name of the issuer, and redeemable in lawful money. Also, a coin issued by government, ·esp. when its use as lawful money is limited and its intrinsic value is much below its nominal value.
token
¦ noun
1. a thing serving to represent a fact, quality, feeling, etc.: a token of friendship.
archaic a badge or favour worn to indicate allegiance.
archaic a word or object conferring authority on or serving to authenticate the speaker or holder.
a device given to a train driver on a single-track railway as authority to proceed.
2. a voucher that can be exchanged for goods or services.
a metal or plastic disc used to operate a machine or in exchange for goods or services.
3. Linguistics an individual occurrence of a linguistic unit in speech or writing. Contrasted with type.
4. Computing a sequence of bits passed between nodes in a fixed order and enabling a node to transmit information.
¦ adjective done for the sake of appearances or as a symbolic gesture: a token fine.
?chosen by way of tokenism to represent a particular group.
Phrases
by the same (or that or this) token in the same way or for the same reason.
in token of as a sign or symbol of.
Origin
OE tac(e)n, of Gmc origin; related to teach.
token
1. <grammar> A basic, grammatically indivisible unit of a
language such as a keyword, operator or identifier.
Compare: lexeme.
2. <convention> (Or "pumpkin") An abstact concept passed
between cooperating agents to ensure synchronised access to a
shared resource. Such a token is never duplicated or
destroyed (unless the resource is) and whoever has the token
has exclusive access to the resource it controls. See for
example token ring.
If several programmers are working on a program, one
programmer will "have the token" at any time, meaning that
only he can change the program whereas others can only read
it. If someone else wants to modify it he must first obtain
the token.
(1999-02-23)
Examples of use of token
1. This is only supposed to be a token but it should be more than a token.
2. And to help you with your token collection, REGISTER HERE NOW FOR A BONUS TOKEN!
3. "This is only supposed to be a token but it should be more than a token.
4. Robert Menendez, who faces only token opposition.
5. Arnold Schwarzenegger faced only token Republican opposition.