What is the use of the $skiptoken query option in OData Services in ABAP?

$skiptoken query option in OData Services in ABAP for SAP HANA is used to limit the number of entries sent to the application. This also increases the performance when a large number of entries are requested. A next link is provided back to the application to get the next bulk of data. Server side paging in OData service is achieved by adapting this query option.