Definizione monolingua

token

token (third-person singular simple present tokens, present participle tokening, simple past and past participle tokened)

1. To betoken, indicate, portend, designate, denote
2. To betroth
3. (philosophy) To symbolize, instantiate
   • 2008 August 27, Mikkel Gerken, “Is There a Simple Argument for Higher-Order Representation Theories of Awareness Consciousness?”, Erkenntnis, volume 69, number 2, DOI:10.1007/s10670-008-9116-z:?

     In which sense does ‘?p ~(p & ~p)’ cause the tokening of the belief in the subject?

token (plural tokens)

1. Something serving as an expression of something else; sign, symbol
2. A keepsake, momento, souvenir

   • Please accept this bustier as a token of our time together.

3. A piece of stamped metal used as a substitute for money; a voucher that can be exchanged for goods or services

   • Subway tokens are being replaced by magnetic cards.
   • A book token is the easiest option for a Christmas gift.

4. Evidence, proof; a confirming detail; physical trace, mark, footprint; also fig.
5. Support for a belief; grounds for an opinion; reason, reasoning, witcraft (see usage)
6. An extraordinary event serving as evidence of supernatural power, a miracle
7. An object or disclosure to attest or authenticate the bearer or an instruction; a password
8. A seal guaranteeing the quality of an item.
9. Something given or shown as a symbol or guarantee of authority or right; a sign of authenticity, of power, good faith, asf.

   • Say, by this token, I desire his company. — Shakespeare

10. A tally
11. (philosophy) A particular thing to which a concept applies.
12. (computing) An atomic piece of data, such as a word, for which a meaning may be inferred during parsing. Also called a symbol.
    • 2004, Randall Hyde, Write Great Code: Understanding the Machine, page 68

      For each lexeme, the scanner creates a small data package known as a token and passes this data package on to the parser.

13. (grammar) A lexeme; a basic, grammatically indivisible unit of a language such as a keyword, operator or identifier.
14. (medicine) A characteristic sign of a disease or of a bodily disorder, a symptom; a sign of a bodily condition, recovery, or health.
15. (medicine) (obsolete) A livid spot upon the body, indicating, or supposed to indicate, the approach of death.

    • Like the fearful tokens of the plague, Are mere forerunners of their ends. — Beau. & Fl.

16. (printing) 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.
17. (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.
18. (mining) A thin bed of coal indicating the existence of a thicker seam at no great distance.
19. (weaving) In a loom, a colored signal to show the weaver which shuttle to use.

token (comparative more token, superlative most token)

1. Done as an indication or a pledge; perfunctory, minimal or merely symbolic.

   He made a token tap on the brake pedal at the stop sign.

   • 1927, Arthur Robert Burns, Money and Monetary Policy in Early Times, page 393

     If the as had been reduced to a token in 240 BC, it was now a little more token than before.

   • 2000, Cheris Kramarae, Dale Spender, Routledge International Encyclopedia of Women, Page 176

     There are still many churches where the participation of women is token.

   • 2008, Adrian Blomfield, The Daily Telegraph, Has Russia got a new Stalin?, March 31, 2008

     Just to be on the safe side, the The Kremlin has also banned any of Putin’s serious critics from standing. Three unelectable misfits have been allowed to mount token challenges.

2. a minor attempt for appearance sake, or to minimally comply with a requirement
   • he was hired as the companys token black
   • the television show was primarily directed toward a negro audience, but it did have a few token whites as performers

Definizione dizionario token

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	gettone
	piece of stamped metal used as a substitute for money

	token
	Any nonreducible textual element in data that is being parsed. For example, the use in a program of a variable name, a reserved word, or an operator. Storing tokens as short codes shortens program files and speeds execution.

buono

certificato attestato

simbolo

Altri significati:

(computing) An atomic piece of data, such as a word, for which a meaning may be inferred during parsing. Also called a symbol.

Something serving as an expression of something else; sign, symbol.

A keepsake or souvenir.

something serving as an expression of something else

(philosophy) To symbolize or instantiate

Something or someone serving as an expression of something else.

Done as an indication or a pledge; perfunctory, minimal or merely symbolic.

keepsake or souvenir

Something that signifies the authority or identity of something.

(philosophy) A particular thing to which a concept applies.

A piece of stamped metal used as a substitute for money.