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5 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Token \To"ken\, n. (Weaving) In a Jacquard loom, a colored signal to show the weaver which shuttle to use From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Token \To"ken\ (t[=o]"k'n), n. [OE. token, taken AS t[=a]cen; akin to OFries t[=e]ken, OS t[=e]kan, D. teeken, G. zeichen OHG. Zeihhan Icel. t[=a]kan, teiken Sw tecken, Dan. tegn, Goth. taikns sign, token, gateihan to tell show AS te['o]n to accuse, G. zeihen OHG. z[=i]han, G. zeigen to show OHG. zeig[=o]n, Icel. tj[=a], L. dicere to say Gr deikny`nai to show Skr. di[,c]. Cf {Diction}, {Teach}.] 1. 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. 2. A memorial of friendship; something by which the friendship of another person is to be kept in mind; a memento; a souvenir. This is some token from a never friend. --Shak. 3. Something given or shown as a symbol or guarantee of authority or right a sign of authenticity, of power, good faith, etc Say by this token, I desire his company. --Shak. 4. 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. Note: It is now made unlawful for private persons to issue tokens. 5. (Med.) A livid spot upon the body, indicating, or supposed to indicate, the approach of death. [Obs.] Like the fearful tokens of the plague, Are mere forerunners of their ends --Beau. & Fl 6. (Print.) 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. 7. (Ch. of Scot.) A piece of metal given beforehand to each person in the congregation who is permitted to partake of the Lord's Supper. 8. (Mining) 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. {Token money}, money which is lawfully current for more than its real value. See {Token}, n., 4. {Token sheet} (Print.), the last sheet of each token. --W. Savage. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Token \To"ken\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Tokened}; p. pr & vb n. {Tokening}.] [AS. t[=a]cnian, fr t[=a]cen token. See {Token}, n.] To betoken. [Obs.] --Shak. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: token adj : insignificantly small a matter of form only; "the fee was nominal"; "a token gesture of resistance"; (`tokenish' is informal as in "a tokenish gesture") [syn: {nominal}, {token(a)}, {tokenish}] n 1: an individual instance of a type of symbol; "the word`error' contains three tokens of `r'" [syn: {item}] 2: a metal or plastic disk that can be used (as a substitute for coins) in slot machines 3: something of sentimental value [syn: {keepsake}, {souvenir}, {relic}] From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (13 Mar 01) [foldoc]: token 1.A basic, grammatically indivisible unit of a language such as a {keyword}, operator or identifier Compare: {lexeme}. 2. (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)
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