Usually means: Unpredictable factor with variable outcome.
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General (8 matching dictionaries)
  1. wildcard: Merriam-Webster
  2. wildcard: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  3. wildcard: Collins English Dictionary
  4. Wildcard, wildcard: Wordnik
  5. wildcard: Wiktionary
  6. wildcard: Dictionary.com
  7. Wildcard (EP), Wildcard (Java), Wildcard (Miranda Lambert album), Wildcard (Pennywise EP), Wildcard (Terence Trent D'Arby album), Wildcard (album), Wildcard (sport), Wildcard (sports), Wildcard: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  8. wildcard: TheFreeDictionary.com

Art (1 matching dictionary)
  1. ODLIS: Online Dictionary of Library and Information Science (No longer online)

Business (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. Comprehensive Financial (No longer online)
  2. BusinessDictionary.com (No longer online)

Computing (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. Data Formats and Their Sugggested File Extensions (No longer online)
  2. I T Glossary (No longer online)
  3. wildcard: Encyclopedia

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. The Wildcard, wildcard: Urban Dictionary

Definitions from Wiktionary (wildcard)

noun:  (computing) A character that takes the place of any other character or string that is not known or specified.
noun:  (also written wild card) An uncontrolled or unpredictable element.
noun:  (also written wild card) An element, often deliberately concealed, which is withheld for contingency.
noun:  (phonetics, phonology) A letter or symbol that substitutes for a generic or poorly identified sound, for example capital C for any or some consonant, or capital V for any or some vowel.
verb:  (computing) To replace or supplement with a wildcard character to allow matching against a range of possible values.
noun:  (sports, card games) Alternative form of wild card. [(card games) A card that can be assigned any value or used to substitute for any needed card.]

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