wildcard

Significado (Inglés)

Noun

1. A character that takes the place of any other character or string that is not known or specified.
2. An uncontrolled or unpredictable element.
3. An element, often deliberately concealed, which is withheld for contingency.
4. (alt-of, alternative) Alternative form of wild card.
5. A letter or symbol that substitutes for a generic or poorly identified sound, for example capital C for any or some consonant, or capital V for any or some vowel.

Verb

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

Conceptos

comodín

carácter comodín

metacaracter

Sinónimos

wild card

joker

wildcard character

Traducciones

Platzhalter

curinga

jokerteken

χαρακτήρας μπαλαντέρ

Joker

μπαλαντέρ

caractère générique

métacaractère

carattere jolly

joker

carácter universal

caracter curinga

joker karakter

Etimología (Inglés)

From wild + card.