wildcard

Noun

 * 1)  A character that takes the place of any other character or string that is not known or specified.
 * 2) * 1968,, VAX/VMS 319(5864), page 751, Section 2.1.2 Using Wildcard Characters
 * A wildcard character is a symbol that you can use with many DCL commands to apply the command to several files at once, rather than specifying each file individually.
 * 1)  An uncontrolled or unpredictable element.
 * 2)  An element, often deliberately concealed, which is withheld for contingency.
 * 1)  An element, often deliberately concealed, which is withheld for contingency.
 * 1)  An element, often deliberately concealed, which is withheld for contingency.

Usage notes

 * A wild card in card games is usually written as two separate words. The computing term is usually written as one compound word.

Translations

 * Armenian:
 * Bulgarian:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 通配符
 * Dutch: jokerteken
 * Esperanto: ĵokero
 * Finnish: jokerimerkki
 * French:
 * German:
 * Greek: χαρακτήρας μπαλαντέρ
 * Hebrew:
 * Hungarian: helyettesítő karakter
 * Icelandic: algildistákn
 * Japanese: ワイルドカード
 * Korean:
 * Persian: ,
 * Polish: wieloznacznik
 * Portuguese: ,
 * Romanian:, wildcard
 * Russian: знак подстано́вки, (derived adjective may be used in phrases), си́мвол-джо́кер
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:
 * Thai:


 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Finnish:, avoin kysymys
 * Greek:
 * Persian:, زیرسبیلی

Verb

 * 1)  To replace or supplement with a wildcard character to allow matching against a range of possible values.