Meaning Wildcard
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A character that may be substituted for a defined subset of possible characters in an application version scheme. In the context of PA-DSS, wildcards can optionally be used to represent a non-security [..]
Source: pcisecuritystandards.org

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A variable used in searches and comparisons (usually signified by an asterisk "*") to denote that any value may be returned. Note: For example, a search of a database for the character string "fire*" could return "firewall," "fire station," "firebug," etc.
Source: atis.org (offline)

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A symbol used in electronic searching to represent any character. Wildcards can usually be used at the end of a word or within a word to search for all forms of the word. Check the help screens of a p [..]
Source: usg.edu

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In some bibliographic databases and search engines, the search software allows the user to insert a special character in the middle of a search term used in a keyword(s) search, to retrieve records or [..]
Source: abc-clio.com

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A character (usually * or ?) that can stand for one or more unknown characters during a search.
Source: www-rohan.sdsu.edu (offline)

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A character that stands in for another character or group of characters. Most search tools use an asterisk for this function. Although a wildcard is most often used in truncation, it can also be used [..]
Source: webliminal.com

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In Windows BAT (Batch) language you can refer to all files in a directory as *.html or all files a?.html for all two-letter files starting with a. The way you specify such a group of files is called a [..]
Source: mindprod.com

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Symbol used to indicate word truncation. When you add a wildcard symbol after a word root (such as advertis), you will retrieve different variants of the word (advertise, advertising, advertisement).
Source: liblearn.osu.edu (offline)

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Secure multiple sub-domains (OV)
Source: rapidsslonline.com

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A special character that means any and all characters. The wildcard character is often used to select a large amount of files at once. For example, in Windows and DOS, the wildcard character is *. Sup [..]
Source: landofcode.com

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A character used in pattern matching. In the Unix shell, the wildcard “*” matches zero or more characters, so that *.txt
Source: itb.biologie.hu-berlin.de

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A special character used to represent one or more characters in a search term. The pound sign (#) represents a single character, and the question mark (?), alone or with a number, represents zero or more characters. Wildcards must be preceded by at least three characters in a term. Example: wom#n retrieves women or women; col?r retrieves color or c [..]
Source: oclc.org (offline)

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Wild card most commonly refers to: Wild card (cards), a playing card that substitutes for any other card in card games Wild card (sports), a tournament or playoff place awarded to an individual or te [..]
Source: en.wikipedia.org

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Wild card most commonly refers to: Wild card (cards), a playing card that substitutes for any other card in card games Wild card (sports), a tournament or playoff place awarded to an individual or te [..]
Source: en.wikipedia.org

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Wildcard is a self-released EP by Pennywise. It was originally released in 1989 as a 7" release and again in 1992, on the compilation album A Word from the Wise/Wildcard, along with the first EP A Wor [..]
Source: en.wikipedia.org

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Wildcard is a self-released EP by Pennywise. It was originally released in 1989 as a 7" release and again in 1992, on the compilation album A Word from the Wise/Wildcard, along with the first EP A Wor [..]
Source: en.wikipedia.org

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The wildcard ? in Java is a special type parameter that controls the type safety of the use of generic (parameterized) types. It can be used in variable declarations and instantiations as well as in m [..]
Source: en.wikipedia.org





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