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Token
  • An access card or other small device that has a number that changes frequently and is visible on its screen.
  • In certain local-area-network protocols, a group of bits that serves as a symbol of authority, is passed among data stations, and is used to indicate the station that is temporarily in control of the transmission medium. See also token-ring network.