metacharacter

English

Etymology

meta- +‎ character

Pronunciation

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Noun

metacharacter (plural metacharacters)

(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
Greek: μεταχαρακτήρας (el) f (metacharaktíras)
Persian: فرانویسه‎ (fa)

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