(thing) by rp Thu Mar 08 2001 at 12:19:30
A special character, often *, used to match a sequence (often 0 or more, sometimes 1 or more) arbitrary characters, somesimes with the exclusion of whitespace and/or certain non-alphanumerical characters.

Wildcards are an extremely common device but the exact syntax and semantics vary widely.

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