transcription, транскрипция: [ noun ]
Etymology: wild card, playing card with arbitrarily determined value
Date: 1971
1. : an unknown or unpredictable factor
2. : one picked to fill a leftover playoff or tournament berth after regularly qualifying competitors have all been determined
3. usually wildcard : a symbol (as ? or *) used in a keyword database search to represent the presence of zero, one, or more than one unspecified characters