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Character used to substitute for any other character(s) in a string
In software, a wildcard character is a kind of placeholder represented by a single character, such as an asterisk (*), which can be interpreted as a number
Wildcard_character
Patterns used in computer programming
character sequence ("string"), not just to directory entries. "Metacharacters" (also called "Wildcards"): ? (not in brackets) matches any character exactly
Glob_(programming)
Type of domain name record
host1.example.com. Wildcards in the DNS are much more limited than other wildcard characters used in other computer systems. Wildcard DNS records have a
Wildcard_DNS_record
Data proving ownership of a public key
17487/RFC6125. RFC 6125. Retrieved 2014-12-10. This document states that the wildcard character '*' SHOULD NOT be included in presented identifiers but MAY be checked
Public_key_certificate
Algorithm to compare text strings using wildcard syntax
character. This article mainly discusses the Windows formulation of the problem, unless otherwise stated. Stated in zero-based indices, the wildcard-matching
Matching_wildcards
Letters or symbols representing broad classes of sounds
linguistics, cover symbols (sometimes informally called wildcards, analogous to wildcard characters in computing) are letters or symbols used to represent
Cover_symbol
Topics referred to by the same term
wildcard may also refer to: Matching wildcards or globbing, an algorithm for comparing text with wildcard characters Wildcard character, a character that
Wild_card
Typographical symbol (*)
the asterisk is the wildcard character (or wildcard symbol) and stands for any string of characters. A common use of the wildcard is in searching for
Asterisk
In combinatorics
with wildcard characters in the positions that are not constrained to contain a fixed letter and with additional labels describing which wildcard characters
Graham–Rothschild_theorem
in every number, and letters to illustrate groups. X is used as a wildcard character to represent any digit in lists of numbers. All telephone numbers
National conventions for writing telephone numbers
National_conventions_for_writing_telephone_numbers
Typographic character indicating a question (?)
mark is often utilized as a wildcard character: a symbol that can be used to substitute for any other character or characters in a string. In particular
Question_mark
Character used to start an escape sequence
asterisk (*) and question mark (?) characters are wildcard characters expanded via globbing. Without a preceding escape character, an * will expand to the names
Escape_character
Disk operating system of the AmigaOS
provides wildcard characters that are substitutes for any character or any sequence of random characters in a string. Here is an example of wildcard characters
AmigaDOS
parameter word is a string over a given alphabet having some number of wildcard characters. The set of strings matching a given parameter word is called a parameter
Parameter_word
Web archiving service
research toolbar enables advanced keywords operators, using * as the wildcard character. Paired quotation marks address the search to an exact sequence of
Archive.today
Card which may stand in for a card of another value
Bègato – Ottocento Deuces – Wild-card Rummy, Push Rummy, Canasta, Brag Wildcard character Parlett (2008), p. 646. Augarde, Tony (1994). The Oxford A to Z of
Wild_card_(cards)
Database query language
comparisons is to allow one or more wildcard character characters. For example, if an asterisk is designated as a wildcard character in a particular system, then
Query_by_Example
Sequence of characters that forms a search pattern
languages allowed simple wildcards, for example "*" to match any sequence of characters, and "?" to match a single character. Relics of this can be found
Regular_expression
Operating system that behaves similarly to Unix
parties frequently treat "Unix" as a genericized trademark. Some add a wildcard character to the name to make an abbreviation like "Un*x" or "*nix", since Unix-like
Unix-like
Gender-neutral honorific title
first proposed in the late 1970s. The x is intended to stand as a wildcard character, and does not necessarily imply a "mixed" gender. In 2015, Mx. was
Mx.
X Window System parameters
attribute cannot be replaced by a wildcard character. While the resources can be loosely specified via the wildcard characters, queries for the value of a resource
X_resources
Structured naming scheme
software designed to run on the iPod Touch 80GB. Here, * is used as a wildcard character: cpe:2.3:a:ntp:ntp:4.2.8:p3:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:internet_explorer:8
Common_Platform_Enumeration
Concept in mathematics or computer science
placeholder (a symbol that will later be replaced by some value), or a wildcard character that stands for an unspecified symbol. In computer programming, the
Free variables and bound variables
Free_variables_and_bound_variables
(AND, OR, and NOT) and partial-word searches using an asterisk as a wildcard character. Jughead was developed by Rhett Jones in 1993 at the University of
Jughead_(search_engine)
Symbol for the fraction of a hundred
(part of) a character that might otherwise not be allowed in URIs (see percent-encoding). In SQL, the percent sign is a wildcard character in "LIKE" expressions
Percent_sign
Character that has a special meaning to a computer program
In SQL, the percent is used as a wildcard character. In SQL, the underscore ("_") is used to match any single character. The term "to escape a metacharacter"
Metacharacter
2007 mathematics book by Francine Blanchet-Sadri
strings over the alphabet without wildcards, by allowing each wildcard character to be replaced by any single character of the alphabet, independently of
Algorithmic Combinatorics on Partial Words
Algorithmic_Combinatorics_on_Partial_Words
Man assigned female at birth
surgery (GCS) occasionally spelled trans*, using the asterisk (*) as a wildcard character "trans man". Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary. Merriam-Webster. OCLC 1032680871
Trans_man
Unary operation on string sets
Patterns used in computer programming Wildcard character – Character used to substitute for any other character(s) in a string It is called "strings"
Kleene_star
Title that does not indicate gender
appeared in print in the 1970s. The "x" is intended to stand as a wildcard character, and does not imply a "mixed" gender. Pronunciation of "Mx" is not
Gender-neutral_title
Ancient Hebrew seal stamped on Judahite jars
[citation needed] Researchers frequently use a lowercase "x" as a wildcard character when referring to a series such as x4C instead of using an uppercase
LMLK_seal
Style for gender-neutral written German
Language and thought Latinx Lavender linguistics Sapir-Whorf hypothesis Wildcard character Women's studies Loxton, Rachel (1 November 2019). "From Fräulein to
Gender_star
TTRPG supplement for players
called *books (the asterisk on a computer keyboard being used as a wildcard character). Since the asterisk is also known as a "splat", this gave rise to
Splatbook
Repository within Usenet
top-level Usenet hierarchy, where the asterisk (*) is defined as a wildcard character. There were seven original major hierarchies of Usenet newsgroups
Usenet_newsgroup
situations involving empty input strings or input containing no wildcard characters. The two-loop algorithm is available for use by the open-source software
Krauss wildcard-matching algorithm
Krauss_wildcard-matching_algorithm
Unix shell
contains wildcard characters as a pattern and replaces it with the list of all the filenames that match (see globbing). * matches any number of characters.
C_shell
1982 video game
prevented the name from becoming a common crossword term and it is a wildcard character for search engines. As development neared the production stage, Q*bert
Q*bert
DC Comics supervillain
Sarsgaard portrays Hammond in the 2011 film Green Lantern. A version of the character, real name Hector Gutierrez, appears in Lanterns, portrayed by Jason Manuel
Hector_Hammond
2026 video game
Vampire Crawlers: The Turbo Wildcard from Vampire Survivors is a roguelike deck-building game co-developed by poncle and Nosebleed Interactive and published
Vampire_Crawlers
Shell command for moving files
The shell expands ~ to the user's home directory and treats * as a wildcard character. $ mv /var/log/*z ~/logs cp (Unix) – Shell command that copies file
Mv_(Unix)
Filename convention used by old versions of DOS and Windows
the command prompt applet (cmd.exe) accepts long filenames with wildcard characters (question mark ? and asterisk *); long filenames with spaces in them
8.3_filename
Orthodox file manager
lets the user specify the original and resulting file names using wildcard characters. This makes the power of regular expressions available for renaming
Midnight_Commander
identity of Dee's baby's father and he considered Rickety Cricket to be "the wildcard". He shows up at his high school reunion cleaned up, claiming to have returned
List of It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia characters
List_of_It's_Always_Sunny_in_Philadelphia_characters
Software to protect against malicious software
signatures often contain non-contiguous code, using wildcard characters where differences lie. These wildcards allow the scanner to detect viruses even if they
Antivirus_software
SQL statement that returns a result set of rows from one or more tables
SELECT clause specifies a list of properties (columns) by name, or the wildcard character (“*”) to mean “all properties”. Often it is convenient to indicate
Select_(SQL)
across drives. Mass renames can be accomplished by the use of the wildcards characters asterisk (*) and question mark (?). The command is available in MS-DOS
List_of_DOS_commands
Windows command-line utility for copying files
backslash, as its source and destination arguments. File names and wildcard characters (such as * and ?) are not valid as source or destination arguments
Robocopy
Topics referred to by the same term
§ Exponentiation In glob-style syntax, the wildcard character representing any (possibly empty) sequence of characters In standard regular expression syntax
*_(disambiguation)
Shell command for listing files and directories
directory by specifying filename extensions ".txt" or ".bat" with the "*" wildcard character that matches any base file name. C:\Users>dir *.txt *.bat List files
Dir_(command)
Shell command to display file contents
and line-feed characters (CTRL-I), assuming tab positions are set at every eighth column. The command does not support wildcard characters on FlexOS. The
TYPE_(DOS_command)
2024 film by Damian McCarthy
Fantasia International Film Festival on 4 August 2024. It was released by Wildcard Distribution in Ireland and the United Kingdom on 30 August 2024. Oddity
Oddity_(film)
Data organized by tags but not tables
every character present in a delimiter set. Wildcard search is a technique used to search text for a pattern that contains wildcard characters, which
Semi-structured_data
Task of computing complete subgraphs
represented by a partial word with a 0 or 1 at each examined position and a wildcard character at each remaining position. Two vertices are adjacent, in this graph
Clique_problem
Upcoming film by Katsuhiko Kitada
Pokémon Trading Card Game. It is directed by Katsuhiko Kitada and features character designs by Akemi Hayashi. Pokémon: Wild Card was first announced during
Pokémon:_Wild_Card
Text string used to uniquely identify a computer file
Unix shells require specific characters such as spaces, <, >, |, \, and sometimes :, (, ), &, ;, #, as well as wildcards such as ? and *, to be quoted
Filename
Fictional character in Marvel Comics
reveals that he is Wildcard, much to Weasel's fury. Later, Wade persuades Weasel to switch suits so that all the praise Wildcard gets will be for Weasel's
Weasel_(Marvel_Comics)
American actress and human rights activist
roles included Sixteen Candles, Under the Rainbow, Cages, Teen Witch, The Wildcard, Southland Tales and National Lampoon's Last Resort. She also contributed
Zelda_Rubinstein
NFL team in Tampa, Florida
by the Buccaneers after a 31–9 loss to the Philadelphia Eagles in the Wildcard Round of 2001 and soon thereafter hired as the head coach of the Indianapolis
Tampa_Bay_Buccaneers
Data structure for query optimization in databases
which the index on reverse(email_address) can satisfy. When the wildcard characters are used on both sides of the search word as %wikipedia.org%, the
Database_index
Shell command for finding files
and are evaluated left-to-right. The command can match via wildcard characters but wildcard match text must be quoted to prevent shell globbing. If the
Find_(Unix)
British television series characters
a bid to save the Emergency Department from closure), Nathan installed wildcard Australian Theo "Stitch" Lambert as the new consultant. When he discovered
Characters_of_Casualty
Standard for representing locations on Earth's surface in databases
associated with the relevant square. If a wildcard search is supported (for example in the case that the wildcard character is a percent sign), a search on "7500%"
C-squares
selected by base directory and whether to recurse into directories. Wildcard characters are used to match multiple tables and files. Tables can be grouped
SymmetricDS
Shell command that copies standard input to standard output and to one or more files
the file where the cmdlet stores the object. The parameter accepts wildcard characters that resolve to a single file. -Variable <String> A reference to
Tee_(command)
Fictional character from The Promised Neverland
2020, he was awarded the Joint Character Wildcard at the 6th Anime Trending Awards. He was also praised for his character development and for his important
Ray_(The_Promised_Neverland)
the BioNetGen software. It also supports a method that is based on wildcard characters. Multi-scale simulation: Because particle-based simulation is computationally
Smoldyn
Animated television series
release). Studio Wildcard. December 11, 2020. Archived from the original on July 10, 2022. Retrieved January 6, 2023. "Studio Wildcard Debuts ARK 2 Trailer
Ark:_The_Animated_Series
Tabletop role-playing game
uses *Tagonist as a generic alternative (borrowing the unix-style wildcard character *). Shock: does not require advance preparation by a moderator or
Shock:_Social_Science_Fiction
American singer-songwriter (born 1989)
explore fictional narratives. She imposed her emotions onto imagined characters and story arcs, inspired by authors and poets of romantic and modernist
Taylor_Swift
Biological sample metadata database
Additionally, a wildcard character can be used to match any combination of characters including no characters. A question mark character can also be used
BioSamples
American singer and songwriter (born 1981)
(2003), portraying a single mother and the love interest of Gooding's character. In November 2003, she embarked on the European Dangerously in Love Tour
Beyoncé
American country music singer-songwriter (born 1978)
that was later released on the season's soundtrack under the name of his character Brother Marshall and the Choir of Fire. Simpson has also expressed an
Sturgill_Simpson
Season of television series
was in the Secret Room for violating Bigg Boss rules. indicates a new wildcard contestant. indicates the Eviction free pass has been used on a housemate
Bigg Boss (Malayalam TV series) season 6
Bigg_Boss_(Malayalam_TV_series)_season_6
Computer file system
excluding: The single wildcard character #. The multiple wildcard character *. Control codes generated by the shell escape character |, although the sequence
Disc_Filing_System
2026. Romano, Sal (June 27, 2026). "Granblue Fantasy Versus: Rising DLC character Id, Switch 2 version announced". Gematsu. Retrieved June 28, 2026. Romano
List of Nintendo Switch 2 games
List_of_Nintendo_Switch_2_games
American professional wrestler (born 1985)
gimmick saw him characterized as a mentally unstable and unpredictable wildcard. His gimmick has been compared to Heath Ledger's Joker from the 2008 film
Jon_Moxley
Italian motorcycle racer (born 1979)
notably Norifumi Abe, who made a spectacular debut in the 500cc class as a wildcard rider in Japan. Rossi saw the race when he was only 14 years old and became
Valentino_Rossi
Episodes aired 2025
being selected through the audience vote, later entered the house as a wildcard contestant on the 14th day of the season. The logo features a mosaic-style
Bigg Boss (Hindi TV series) season 19
Bigg_Boss_(Hindi_TV_series)_season_19
Tamil TV show season
complete three tasks in order to prevent three wildcard contestants from entering the house. The wildcard contestants pending to enter are former housemates
Bigg Boss (Tamil TV series) season 7
Bigg_Boss_(Tamil_TV_series)_season_7
Fictional character from Jujutsu Kaisen
(December 30, 2022). "#9thATA: Here are the final results for Boy of the Year Wildcard Polls 2022. Mob won't also be alone as he will now be joined by his mentor
Yuta_Okkotsu
Indian Actor, Singer, YouTuber and social media influencer
entertainment by participating in Bigg Boss OTT (Hindi Season 2) as a wildcard entrant. Elvish Yadav entered Bigg Boss OTT 2 as a wild card contestant
Elvish_Yadav
Electronic collection of classic Jewish texts
expressions, gematria and word positions with an unlimited use of wildcard characters. Analysis tools include: original Hebrew text viewed with parallel
Torah_database
2024 studio album by Beyoncé
Eadweard Muybridge's The Horse in Motion (1878). The album is titled after a character "Cowboy Carter", who is inspired by the original Black cowboys of the
Cowboy_Carter
British actor and singer
to the live shows, despite being the wildcard for the Groups category and Times Red finished third in the wildcard public vote to be the thirteenth act
Staz_Nair
Frequency and point values in the board game
played with a 17×17 board, and uses these 130 tiles: 2 scarab tiles (wildcards) scoring 0 points 1 point: A ×12, E ×12, I ×12, O ×12, C ×7, R ×7, S ×7
Scrabble_letter_distributions
Season of television series
Survivor All Stars, in essence, means starting over with completely new characters, as well as new elements of storytelling within the format’s equation
Survivor_România_2025
Shell command that finds text in files
Must be enclosed in quotes. Notably, matching does not support wildcard characters. PATH File system path to a file. If none specified, the command
Find_(Windows)
Season of television series
was in the Secret Room for violating Bigg Boss rules. indicates a new wildcard contestant. indicates the Eviction free pass has been used on a housemate
Bigg Boss (Malayalam TV series) season 7
Bigg_Boss_(Malayalam_TV_series)_season_7
Season of television series
Temper Vamsi – Actor. He is known for playing supporting and negative characters in Bharat Ane Nenu, Saaho, Pushpa: The Rise, Tiger Nageswara Rao, Naa
Bigg Boss (Telugu TV series) season 10
Bigg_Boss_(Telugu_TV_series)_season_10
Unicode denominator & numerator glyphs
This article contains special characters. Without proper rendering support, you may see question marks, boxes, or other symbols. Unicode has subscripted
Unicode subscripts and superscripts
Unicode_subscripts_and_superscripts
Australian rules footballer (born 1995)
Retrieved 24 November 2020. Twomey, Callum (12 November 2013). "Top 10 wildcards in mix for Lions' pick seven". AFL Media. Retrieved 24 November 2020.
Marcus_Bontempelli
Aho–Corasick string matching algorithm Fuzzy string searching grep, agrep, wildcard character Knuth–Morris–Pratt algorithm Sequences with zero autocorrelation function
Index of combinatorics articles
Index_of_combinatorics_articles
Internet error message
handler. 404.17 – Dynamic content mapped to the static file handler via a wildcard MIME mapping. 404.18 – Query string sequence denied. 404.19 – Denied by
HTTP_404
Filipino actress (born 2008)
housemate, re-entering the house with Ralph de Leon after winning the season's wildcard twist. She later participated as an contestant on Rainbow Rumble on Kapamilya
Charlie_Fleming_(actress)
Cryptographic protocols for securing data in transit
provided by X.509: If all virtual servers belong to the same domain, a wildcard certificate can be used. Besides the loose host name selection that might
Transport_Layer_Security
launch for PC via Steam in 2028. Romano, Sal (September 18, 2026). "'Character-driven single-player sci-fantasy JRPG' KAELIS: Seraph Protocol announced
List of video games in development
List_of_video_games_in_development
Fifth Season of television series
was in the Secret Room for violating Bigg Boss rules. indicates a new wildcard contestant. indicates the Eviction free pass has been used on a housemate
Bigg Boss (Malayalam TV series) season 5
Bigg_Boss_(Malayalam_TV_series)_season_5
parameters. Very useful are search options that allow the use of wildcard characters and logical connectives in search strings. If supported, the scope
Crystallographic_database
American voice actress (born 1991)
2012 – via Facebook. Amber Lee Connors [Voice] (September 26, 2013). "My character Circe, the Deceiver in Heroes of Newerth!". Archived from the original
Amber_Lee_Connors
and extraordinary underdog run at the 1991 US Open, where he played as a wildcard entrant and reached the semi-finals of the men's singles draw. 57 14 Bernie
List_of_30_for_30_films
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