tokenize

tokenize

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Etymology

    From token + -ize.

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

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

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