wildcard

carattere jolly

Un simbolo che sostituisce lettere o altro testo durante una ricerca o un confronto.

In inglese semplice: A symbol that can stand for other letters or text when searching or matching information.

• Use a wildcard to find similar filenames.
• An asterisk often acts as a wildcard.
• This search accepts wildcards at the end of a word.

Sinonimi: wildcard character

Espressioni comuni: wildcard character, use a wildcard

incognita, fattore imprevedibile

Una persona o cosa il cui comportamento o effetto è difficile da prevedere o controllare.

In inglese semplice: A person or thing whose behavior or effect is difficult to predict or control.

• The weather is a wildcard in our plans.
• Her brother remains the family’s wildcard.
• A new candidate could be a wildcard in the election.

Come si usa: a wildcard in something (His health is a wildcard in the team’s plans.)

Sinonimi: unknown quantity, unpredictable factor

Espressioni comuni: political wildcard, wildcard in something

asso nella manica

Qualcosa tenuto nascosto o inutilizzato per affrontare una situazione imprevista.

In inglese semplice: Something kept hidden or unused until it is needed to deal with an unexpected situation.

• The team kept one wildcard in reserve.
• Her secret contacts were a useful wildcard during negotiations.
• They revealed their wildcard only when the original plan failed.

Sinonimi: secret weapon, reserve

Espressioni comuni: a hidden wildcard, keep a wildcard, a strategic wildcard

simbolo jolly

Un simbolo che rappresenta qualsiasi suono di un certo tipo, per esempio una vocale qualsiasi.

In inglese semplice: A symbol used to stand for any sound of a certain kind, such as any vowel.

• Here, C is a wildcard for a consonant.
• The transcription uses a wildcard where the sound is unclear.
• These wildcards represent vowels in the sound pattern.

Espressioni comuni: a wildcard symbol, consonant wildcard, vowel wildcard

usare caratteri jolly

Usare un simbolo speciale nel testo affinché una ricerca possa trovare diversi valori.

In inglese semplice: To use a special symbol in text so a search can match several different values.

• You can wildcard the filename.
• She wildcarded the ending to find related files.
• Should we wildcard this part of the search?

Espressioni comuni: wildcard a filename, wildcard the suffix, wildcard a search