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Wild card (cards) A wild card in card games is one that may be used to represent any other playing card, sometimes with certain restrictions. Jokers are often used as wild cards, but other cards may be designated as wild by the rules or by agreement. In addition ...

, a playing card that substitutes for any other card in card games *

Wild card (sports) A wild card (also wildcard or wild-card and also known as an at-large berth or at-large bid) is an invitation to a tournament or a playoff berth awarded to a team or individual that does not qualify via an automatic bid. In some events, wildcard ...

, a tournament or playoff place awarded to an individual or team that has not qualified through normal play Wild card, wild cards or wildcard may also refer to:

Computing

Matching wildcards In computer science, an algorithm for matching wildcards (also known as globbing) is useful in comparing text strings that may contain wildcard character, wildcard syntax. Common uses of these algorithms include command-line interfaces, e.g. the Bo ...

or globbing, an algorithm for comparing text with wildcard characters *

Wildcard character In software, a wildcard character is a kind of placeholder represented by a single character (computing), character, such as an asterisk (), which can be interpreted as a number of literal characters or an empty string. It is often used in file ...

, a character that substitutes for any other character or character range in regular expressions and globbing *

Wildcard DNS record A wildcard DNS record is a record in a DNS zone that will match requests for non-existent domain names. A wildcard DNS record is specified by using a * as the leftmost label (part) of a domain name, e.g. *.example.com. The exact rules for when a wi ...

, a record in a DNS zone file that will match all requests for non-existent domain names *

Wildcard mask A wildcard mask is a mask of bits that indicates which parts of an IP address are available for examination. In the Cisco IOS,

, a netmask that swaps 1 to 0 and 0 to 1 compared to the normal netmask *

Wildcard certificate In cryptography, a public key certificate, also known as a digital certificate or identity certificate, is an electronic document used to prove the validity of a public key. The certificate includes the public key and information about it, informa ...

, a public key certificate used to secure multiple subdomains *

Wildcard (Java) In the Java programming language, the wildcard ? is a special kind of type argument that controls the type safety of the use of generic (parameterized) types. It can be used in variable declarations and instantiations as well as in method definiti ...

, a special actual type parameter for generic instantiations in the Java programming language *

Studio Wildcard Wildcard Properties, LLC (doing business as Studio Wildcard) is an American video game developer with offices in Redmond, Washington, and Gainesville, Florida. The company was founded in October 2014 by Doug Kennedy, Jesse Rapczak, Jeremy Stieg ...

, an American video game developer best known for ''Ark: Survival Evolved''

Books

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Wild Cards ''Wild Cards'' is a series of science fiction superhero shared universe anthologies, mosaic novels, and solo novels. They are written by a collection of more than forty authors (referred to as the "Wild Cards Trust") and are edited by George R. ...

'', an anthology series of science fiction superhero books ** ''Wild Cards'', the first installment of ''Wild Cards'' books and short stories * Wildcard (''G.I. Joe''), a fictional character in the G.I. Joe universe * ''Wildcard'', the sequel to ''

Warcross ''Warcross'' is a young adult science fiction novel by Marie Lu, which was published on September 17, 2017 by G.P. Putnam's Sons. ''Warcross'' is the first book in the duology of the same name, set in a cyberpunk future, New Yorker 18-year-old E ...

'' by Marie Lu

Film and television

* ''Wild Card'' (2003 film), a 2003 South Korean action film * ''Wild Card'' (2015 film), an American crime drama film * ''Wild Card'' (TV series), a.k.a. ''Zoe Busiek: Wild Card'', a Canadian TV series starring Joely Fisher * ''Wild Cards'' (TV series), a 2024 Canadian/American police procedural TV series * "Wild Cards", an episode of ''

Justice League The Justice League, or Justice League of America (JLA), is a group of superheroes appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics. The team first appeared in ''The Brave and the Bold'' #28 (March 1960). Writer Gardner Fox conceived the ...

'' * "Wild Cards", an episode of ''

The King of Queens ''The King of Queens'' is an American television sitcom that ran on CBS from September 21, 1998, to May 14, 2007, with a total of 207 half-hour episodes spanning nine seasons. The series was created by Michael J. Weithorn and David Litt, who al ...

Music

* Wildcard, imprint of

Polydor Records Polydor Limited, also known as Polydor Records, is a British record label that operates as part of Universal Music Group. It has a close relationship with Universal's Interscope Geffen A&M Records label, which distributes Polydor's releases in ...

* ''

The Wild Card ''The Wild Card'' is the ninth studio album by American singer and songwriter Ledisi. It was released on August 28, 2020, by Listen Back Entertainment, and distributed by BMG Rights Management. Her first independent album since ''Feeling Orange ...

'', a 2020 album by Ledisip * ''Wild Card'' (ReVamp album), 2013 * ''Wild Card'' (The Rippingtons album), 2005 * ''Wild Card'' (The Warratahs album), 1990 * ''Wildcard'' (Terence Trent D'Arby album), 2001 * ''Wildcard'' (Miranda Lambert album), 2019 * ''Wildcard'', an album by

Ridley Bent Ridley Bent is the stage name of Brian Daniel Fowler, a Canadian country singer-songwriter. Born in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Bent was raised throughout Canada in a military family. He formally launched his musical career in 2000 in British Columbi ...

2014 * ''Wildcard'' (EP), a 1989 EP by Pennywise * ''

Wildcard / A Word from the Wise Pennywise is an American punk rock band from Hermosa Beach, California, formed in 1988. The band took its name from the antagonist in Stephen King's horror novel '' It'' known as Pennywise the Dancing Clown. Between their 1991 self-titled debut ...

'', compilation album by Pennywise * "Wildcard", song by

Kshmr Niles Hollowell-Dhar (born October 6, 1988), known professionally as Kshmr (pronounced "Kashmir" and stylized in all caps), is an American musician, DJ, songwriter, record producer, former rapper, and singer. He was ranked 23rd on ''DJ Mag''s 20 ...

* "Wild Card", a 2014 song by Hunter Hayes from '' Storyline''

Other uses

Wild Card (lottery) ''Wild Card'' (for part of its history ''Wild Card 2'') was a lottery game that was available in Idaho Lottery, Idaho, Montana Lottery, Montana, Nebraska Lottery, Nebraska, North Dakota Lottery, North Dakota, and South Dakota Lottery, South Dakota, ...

, a lottery game played in Idaho, Montana, North Dakota, and South Dakota *

Wild card (foresight) In a view of the future, a wild card is a low-probability, large-effect event. This concept may be introduced into anticipatory decision-making activity in order to increase the ability of organizations and governments to adapt to surprises arising ...

, low-probability, high-impact events * Wild Card, the antagonist of '' NFL Rush Zone'' season 2 * ''Wild Card'' (video game), a 2001 role-playing video game * ''Wild Card Football'', a 2023 arcade-style football video game by

Saber Interactive Saber Interactive Inc. is an American video game developer and publisher based in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. Founded by Andrey Iones, Matthew Karch, and Anton Krupkin in 2001, it is controlled by Karch's investment company Beacon Interactive, cr ...

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