German-English translations for platzhalter

placeholder
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This data is a placeholder, so youll want to include the real numbers as soon as you have them
variable
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variable winds or seasons; a variable quantity; a variable resistorThere are several variables to consider here

wild cardKye Sun-Hui won an Olympic gold medal in Judo, despite being a wild card.
wildcard. – Mr President, I ask that the second part of the amendment be altered by removing the figure stated and substituting a wildcard. Herr Präsident! Ich bitte, im zweiten Teil den Änderungsantrag dergestalt zu ändern, dass die dort genannte Zahl herausgenommen und durch einen Platzhalter ersetzt wird. If the character * is acting as a wildcard, then the pattern a*m matches each of the words amalgam, atom and alum.