tokenize

English

Etymology

token +‎ -ize

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈtoʊ.kən.aɪz/

Verb

tokenize (third-person singular simple present tokenizes, present participle tokenizing, simple past and past participle tokenized)

1. (transitive, computing) To reduce to a set of tokens by lexical analysis.
2. (transitive, computing) To substitute sensitive data with meaningless placeholders.
3. (transitive) To treat as a token minority.

Derived terms

• tokenizable
• tokenizer

Related terms

• tokenization

Anagrams

• ketonize