Glossary term
What is Token?
In Apex Flow Academy, "Token" means: A small chunk of text, often part of a word, that the model reads and writes. Models count tokens, not words, so exact word counts are hit or miss. It is taught in Prompt Engineering Essentials. Related terms include Temperature, Context, Chat and Context pack.
- 1 course teaches it
- plain-word definition
The facts
What is Token?
A small chunk of text, often part of a word, that the model reads and writes. Models count tokens, not words, so exact word counts are hit or miss.
Where is Token taught?
Token is defined in Prompt Engineering Essentials.
Which terms are related to Token?
Next to Token in the course glossaries: Temperature, Context, Chat, Context pack, Output, Marker (delimiter), Model and Zero-shot.
TemperatureContextChatContext packOutputMarker (delimiter)ModelZero-shot
The hard questions, answered straight
Bold questions people really ask. Each answer comes from the course data or a settled Academy fact.
Do I need experience before I learn Token?
It depends on the course. Each course that teaches it lists its own prerequisites, and all are listed at beginner level:
- Prompt Engineering Essentials: No coding, statistics or prior AI experience needed.