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