ScienceSeptember 3, 2026

tokenise

TOH-kuh-nyze

Definition

To convert data or biological components (like DNA or proteins) into discrete units or tokens that can be processed by a machine learning model.

Etymology

Derived from the word 'token' (Middle English 'token', from Old English 'tacn'), combined with the suffix '-ise' to form a verb. It has been adapted in modern computing to describe the process of breaking data into manageable, machine-readable segments.

In the news

In the article, the author describes how researchers are expanding beyond DNA to tokenise other biological markers, allowing AI models to learn and simulate complex life processes more effectively.

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