令牌

lìngpái
  1. (archaic) wooden or metal token of authority
  2. (fig.) decree
  3. directive
  4. (computing) token

CEDICT

archaic computing

Entry Composition

1 令 lìng
  1. to order
  2. to command
  3. an order
  4. warrant
  5. writ
  6. to cause
  7. to make sth happen
  8. virtuous
  9. honorific title
  10. season
  11. government position (old)
  12. type of short song or poem
2 牌 pái (bound form) fixed pattern for lyrics or set melody in classical poetry or music (used in 詞牌 cípái and 曲牌 qǔpái)

classifiers: 塊, 個, 張