https://turbokernel.com/tags/visualization/Recent content in Visualization on Metee Y \ Turbo 🚀https://turbokernel.com/images/og-default.jpghttps://turbokernel.com/images/og-default.jpgHugo -- 0.146.0en2026 Metee Yingyongwatthanakit. All rights reserved.Mon, 27 Apr 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://turbokernel.com/posts/what-is-token-exactly/Mon, 27 Apr 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://turbokernel.com/posts/what-is-token-exactly/Tokens are the unit of currency for language models — every API bill, context window, and rate limit is measured in them. But what <em>is</em> a token? Type a sentence and watch it shatter into the pieces an LLM actually sees.