- Wild card
The term "wild card" was originally used in card games, but the term has evolved to describe what the "
Merriam-Webster Dictionary " calls "an unknown or unpredictable factor" in any number of domains.Wild card may refer to:
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Wild card (card games) - a playing card that substitutes for any other card in card games
*wild card (sports) - a tournament or playoff berth awarded to an individual or team that has not qualified through normal play
*wild card (Foresight research) - low-probability, high-impact events
*WILD Card (South African national parks) - a smartcard-based annual season ticket to Southern African national parks
*Wild Card 2 , a game offered by theMulti-State Lottery Association played in the north-central United States; replaced a similar game called "Wild Card"
*Wild Card - a card placed on the wheel on the U.S. version of "Wheel of Fortune". A player holding the card, who subsequently lands on a cash space and calls a consonant appearing in the puzzle, may turn it in for the chance to call a second consonant for the same cash value in the same turn, or to gain an extra consonant during the Bonus round puzzle.
*Wildcard - A quarterly(ish) event in Leicester, exhibiting art, performance, film, music and the odd videogame.
*Wild card spot - a semifinals berth given to a "Jeopardy! " tournament player who is one of the four high-scoring non-winners in the quarterfinal round.In computing:
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wildcard character - a character that substitutes for other characters inregular expression s and globbing
*wildcard DNS record - a record in a DNS zone file that will match all requests for non-existent domain names
*Wildcard Netmask - a netmask that swapping 1 to 0 and 0 to 1 from the normal netmask.In arts:
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Wild Cards " - a series of science fiction/superhero books
** "Wild Cards (book) " - the first book in the series
* "Wild Card" (TV series), a.k.a. "Zoe Busiek: Wild Card", a Canadian TV series starring Joely Fisher
* "Wild Card" (Rippingtons album) - a 2005 album by "The Rippingtons "
* "Wild Card" - a 2001 video game for theWonderSwan Color
*Wildcard (record label) - a minor record label - now part withPolydor
* "Wildcards" - a nickname of the most prominent starfighter squadron in ""
* "Wild Cards" - an episode of the "Justice League" animated series.
* Wild Card Stack - a programming block on theToon Disney TV channel
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