(sociolinguistics) An instance of the same speaker/signer using two or more variants of a sociolinguistic variable in the same section of discourse.

(economics) A type of regular money issued by the government, such as paper currency or coins, which has a greater face value than its intrinsic value.

Alternative form of book token

plural of token bucket

(computing theory) A fixed-capacity data structure to which tokens or packets are added at a fixed rate; used in algorithms to check whether sufficient tokens will be available when expected, for example in a telecommunication network.

A digital asset that can be replaced by another that is identical to it.

(computing) A hardware device serving as a user identity credential that one can connect to a standard computer interface such as a USB jack; often used in addition to or instead of a password.

(computing) A network standard invented by IBM and later defined by the 802.5 subcommittee of the IEEE which provides for a network with a star ring topology, and which operates by passing a token frame around the logical ring.

(computer science) an object that describes the security context of a process or thread, such as the user's identity and privileges.

plural of token economy