sessiontoken
nounUK /ˈsɛʃən ˈtəʊkən/
US /ˈsɛʃən ˈtoʊkən/
A special code that lets a computer know you are still logged in.
The website gave my browser a sessiontoken so I didn't have to type my password again.
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2. A temporary digital pass that proves a user's identity during one visit to a service.
The app stored the sessiontoken in memory until the user closed the window.
3. A string of characters used by a server to track a user's activity across multiple requests.
Each request included the sessiontoken so the server could match it to the right account.
4. A security credential that expires when the user logs out or after a set time.
After ten minutes of inactivity, the sessiontoken expired and the user had to sign in again.