wildcard |
metacharacter |
In computing terms the difference between wildcard and metacharacter
is that
wildcard is a character that takes the place of any other character or string that is not known or specified while
metacharacter is a character used to signify something other than its literal form, such as the asterisk when used as a wildcard.
asterisk |
metacharacter |
As nouns the difference between asterisk and metacharacter
is that
asterisk is symbol () while
metacharacter is (computing) a character used to signify something other than its literal form, such as the asterisk when used as a wildcard.
As a verb asterisk
is to mark with an asterisk symbol (*).
character |
metacharacter |
As nouns the difference between character and metacharacter
is that
character is while
metacharacter is (computing) a character used to signify something other than its literal form, such as the asterisk when used as a wildcard.