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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. These may be jokers, for example in Rummy games, or ordinary ranked and suited cards may be designated as wild cards such ...

, a playing card that substitutes for any other card in card games * Wild card (sports), 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

* Wildcard character, 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 wil ...

, 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, a public key certificate with which you can 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 definitio ...

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

Studio Wildcard Wildcard Properties, LLC (trade name: 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 Stieglit ...

, 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. The second, ''Wildcard'', was released September 18, ...

'' 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", an episode of '' Justice League'' * "Wild Cards", an episode of '' The King of Queens''

Music

* Wildcard, imprint of

Polydor Records Polydor Records Ltd. is a German-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 United States. ...

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The Wild Card ''The Wild Card'' is the ninth studio album by American singer Ledisi. It was released on August 28, 2020, by Listen Back Entertainment. The album marked Ledisi's first independent project with the label, following a decade as a major signee with ...

'', 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 Fowler, a Canadian country music, country singer-songwriter. Born in City of Halifax, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Bent was raised throughout Canada in a Military of Canada, military family. He formally launched hi ...

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 deb ...

'', compilation album by Pennywise * "Wildcard", song by Kshmr * "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, Montana, Nebraska, North Dakota, and South Dakota, although at no point did the five lotteries offer it simultaneously. The game was administered ...

, 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, high-impact 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

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