"USB token" meaning in All languages combined

See USB token on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

Forms: USB tokens [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} USB token (plural USB tokens)
  1. (computing) A hardware device serving as a user identity credential that one can connect to a standard computer interface such as a USB jack; often used in addition to or instead of a password.

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