(transitive, computing) To reduce to a set of tokens by lexical analysis. / (transitive, computing) To substitute sensitive data with meaningless placeholders.

simple past tense and past participle of token

present participle of token

The act or process of marking or designating. / A token, sign, or proof. / That which a thing betokens; meaning, interpretation.

present participle of tokenize

simple past tense and past participle of tokenize

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of tokenize

plural of tokenism

plural of tokening

(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.