"tokenize" meaning in English

See tokenize in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

IPA: /ˈtoʊ.kən.aɪz/ [General-American] Forms: tokenizes [present, singular, third-person], tokenizing [participle, present], tokenized [participle, past], tokenized [past]
Etymology: token + -ize Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|token|ize}} token + -ize Head templates: {{en-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. Tags: transitive Categories (topical): Computing
    Sense id: en-tokenize-en-verb-6AmbAw8e Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English terms suffixed with -ize Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 62 32 6 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 59 32 9 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ize: 54 25 21 Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences
  2. (transitive, computing) To substitute sensitive data with meaningless placeholders. Tags: transitive Categories (topical): Computing
    Sense id: en-tokenize-en-verb--Kj3NOCS Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences
  3. (transitive) To treat as a token minority. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-tokenize-en-verb-bFvBu9Vi
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: tokenizable, tokenizer Related terms: tokenization

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