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wild card

French translation: caractère de remplacement - joker

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English term or phrase:wild card
French translation:caractère de remplacement - joker
Entered by: Olivier San Léandro

10:15 Jan 31, 2002
English to French translations [PRO]
Tech/Engineering
English term or phrase: wild card
Domain: Database

Context:"As with any word-processor-based search-and-replace facility, you also have the option of matching a whole word, accent or case, or you can use wild cards"...
"Use the Wild Card option to search for text that may have spelling variations."

Any suggestion?

Thanks in advance.

Olivier
Olivier San Léandro
Local time: 02:03
caractère générique
Explanation:

Wildcard; wildcard character; wild character in the context of directory services, a way to replace unknown partsof attributes for a request : caractère générique [1]; "joker" [2]; caractère variable (Ginguay, Dict. inf., Masson,1988)
Selected response from:

Guy Penet
Egypt
Local time: 02:03
Grading comment
Thanks a lot!!! Meanwhile I found "caractère de remplacement" or "Joker"
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
5 +2caractère générique
Guy Penet
4caractère générique
Beatrice Hercend
4jokers
DPolice


  

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8 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +2
caractère générique


Explanation:

Wildcard; wildcard character; wild character in the context of directory services, a way to replace unknown partsof attributes for a request : caractère générique [1]; "joker" [2]; caractère variable (Ginguay, Dict. inf., Masson,1988)


Guy Penet
Egypt
Local time: 02:03
Native speaker of: Native in FrenchFrench
PRO pts in pair: 54
Grading comment
Thanks a lot!!! Meanwhile I found "caractère de remplacement" or "Joker"

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  GILLES MEUNIER: ok, ou de remplacement
0 min
agree  ALI DJEBLI
2 hrs
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10 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
caractère générique


Explanation:
aussi appelé caractère de substitution. Lors d'une recherche (c'est le cas ici) La possibilité remplacer un ou plusieurs par un caractère générique permet d'élargir la recherche.
Les caractères génériques largement utilisés sont * (remplace une série de caractères quelconques) et ? (remplace un caractère quelconque)
Ex: carac* permet de rechercher tous les mots commençant par carac (caractère, caractères, caractéristiques...)


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Beatrice Hercend
Local time: 20:03
Native speaker of: Native in FrenchFrench
PRO pts in pair: 250
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12 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
jokers


Explanation:
some signs replacing the letters you are not sure of, for example:

jo*er

DPolice
Local time: 02:03
PRO pts in pair: 779
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