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Pronunciation varies by accent · noun
(computing) A character that takes the place of any other character or string that is not known or specified..
1968, Digital Equipment Corporation, 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.
If the character * is acting as a wildcard, then the pattern a*m matches each of the words amalgam, atom and alum.
There are several technical wildcards, such as how the larger battery packs--four times larger than those of the Prius--will withstand the rigors of city driving, […]
German wildcard Sabine Lisicki conquered her nerves to defeat France's Marion Bartoli and take her amazing Wimbledon run into the semi-finals.
The unfortunate consequence is that document elements cannot be wildcarded because a schema needs to provide a closed list of possible document elements.
Use wild card when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Wild card means (computing) A character that takes the place of any other character or string that is not known or specified..
The closest synonym depends on the sentence and intended sense.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
1968, Digital Equipment Corporation, 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.
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