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✂️ To split text 🪙 To make digital tokens 🔐 To hide information
to tokenize

to tokenize

7.7
To replace private information with a digital code so it stays safe
  • verb
  • /ˈtoʊkəˌnaɪz/
  • Specialized
translation icon : tokenizar
  • Many modern payment systems tokenize credit card information to enhance security.

Examples

  • The app will tokenize your login credentials before sending them to the server.

  • Developers often tokenize sensitive data to comply with privacy regulations.

  • We need to tokenize sensitive data for security.

  • The system tokenizes personal information automatically.

  • Many modern payment systems tokenize credit card information to enhance security.

  • The app will tokenize your login credentials before sending them to the server.

  • Developers often tokenize sensitive data to comply with privacy regulations.

Synonyms

to sanitize
vsto tokenize
  • Specialized
2 4.7

Remove or hide personal data from files and inputs to protect privacy

replaces sensitive data with digital placeholders to allow secure processing and authentication

Surface Forms

tokenize infinitive
tokenized past
tokenized past participle
tokenizing present participle
tokenizes third person singular

Morphology

tokenize = token (transparent) = token + ize

Productive derivation 'token' + '-ize' meaning 'replace with a token' is semantically direct and predictable for learners familiar with basic computing concepts.

Etymology

Tokenize comes from token ('sign' or 'ticket') and -ize ('to make'), with token meaning a safe substitute for the real item. So to tokenize credit card data is to replace the real details with a safe 'token' the system can use without showing the secret information.