metacharacter

English

Etymology

meta- +‎ character

Pronunciation

• Audio (UK):

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Noun

metacharacter (plural metacharacters)

1. (computing) A character used to signify something other than its literal form, such as the asterisk when used as a wildcard.

Translations

Translations

• Finnish: metamerkki
• French: métacaractère (fr) m
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• Greek: μεταχαρακτήρας (el) f (metacharaktíras)