Asterisk

Sometimes referred to as the star or big dot, the asterisk is a symbol ( * ) commonly found above the "8" key on standard United States keyboards. The asterisk represents a wildcard or wild character with computers. For example, when typing *.TXT in a search or find field, the computer would look for any file ending with .TXT.

• Computer keyboard keys and explanations.

Also see: Bullet, Keyboard definitions, Wildcard