wild card

wild·card or wild card  (wldkärd)

n.

1. Games A playing card whose value can vary as determined by its holder.

2. Sports An athlete or team selected to compete in a tournament or playoff from among those who did not qualify by meeting the regular requirements.

3. Computer Science A symbol that stands for one or more unspecified characters, used especially in searching text and in selecting multiple files or directories.

4. Slang An unpredictable or unforeseeable factor: A surprise witness proved to be the wild card at the trial.

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wild card

Noun

1. Sport a player or team that is allowed to take part in a competition despite not having met the normal qualifying requirements

2. Computers a character that can be substituted for any other in a file

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	wild card - an unpredictable factor; "the weather was a wild card" factor - anything that contributes causally to a result; "a number of factors determined the outcome"
	2.	wild card - a playing card whose value can be determined by the person who holds it playing card - one of a pack of cards that are used to play card games

Translations

wild card n (COMPUT) → comodín m

wild card n (Comput) → caractère m de remplacement

wild card wild n (Comput) → Wildcard f, Ersatzzeichen nt

wild card n (COMPUT) → carattere m jolly inv