English Dictionary

wildcard

名詞

別表記 異形

(computing) A character that takes the place of any other character or string that is not known or specified. / (also written wild card) An uncontrolled or unpredictable element.

日本語の意味

計算機分野において、任意の文字または文字列の代わりに使用される記号やシンボル。 / 予測不可能または制御されていない要素を指す表現。

When searching the file system, you can use a wildcard to match filenames with unknown characters.

ファイルシステムを検索するとき、未知の文字を含むファイル名と一致させるためにワイルドカード文字を使用できます。

意味（1）

(computing) A character that takes the place of any other character or string that is not known or specified.

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.

意味（2）

(also written wild card) An uncontrolled or unpredictable element.

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, […]

意味（3）

(also written wild card) An element, often deliberately concealed, which is withheld for contingency.

意味（4）

(sports, card games) Alternative form of wild card

German wildcard Sabine Lisicki conquered her nerves to defeat France's Marion Bartoli and take her amazing Wimbledon run into the semi-finals.

wildcards （ plural ）