<doc>
	<legacy_id>488</legacy_id>
	<term>wildcard</term>
	<definition><p>A symbol that stands for one or more <keyword tag="characters">characters</keyword>.</p>
<p></p>
<p>The process of expanding a wildcard to match all its possible strings is called globbing (after &quot;global&quot;).</p></definition>
	<categories>
	 	<category>Text and Data Processing</category>
	</categories>
	<synonyms>
	 	<synonym>wild card</synonym>
	 	<synonym>wild cards</synonym>
	 	<synonym>wildcards</synonym>
	 	<synonym>wild card's</synonym>
	 	<synonym>wildcard's</synonym>
	 	<synonym>wild cards'</synonym>
	 	<synonym>wildcards'</synonym>
	 	<synonym>wildcard</synonym>
	 	<synonym>wildcard expression</synonym>
	 	<synonym>wildcard expressions</synonym>
	 	<synonym>wildcard expression's</synonym>
	 	<synonym>wildcard expressions'</synonym>
	 	<synonym>glob</synonym>
	 	<synonym>globbing</synonym>
	 	<synonym>globs</synonym>
	 	<synonym>globbed</synonym>
	 	<synonym>globular expansion</synonym>
	 	<synonym>globular expansions</synonym>
	 	<synonym>globular expansion's</synonym>
	 	<synonym>globular expansions'</synonym>
	 	<synonym>globular expression</synonym>
	 	<synonym>globular expressions</synonym>
	 	<synonym>globular expression's</synonym>
	 	<synonym>globular expressions'</synonym>
	</synonyms>
</doc>