WILD CARD


Meaning of WILD CARD in English

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

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.