What is a token?
A token is a chunk of text, roughly three quarters of a word, and it is the unit everything gets counted in.
~/ai-glossary
$ glossary
4 of 14 in #the-basics
Your input is counted in tokens, the response is counted in tokens, and both are billed that way.
The practical version: anything loaded before you type is paid for on every single session. That is the whole argument for keeping the setup light.
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