Token
# 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 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
