: Placing an asterisk at the end of a word stem (e.g., comput* ) allows search engines and databases like Web of Science to find all variations, such as compute , computer , and computation .
: Google treats the asterisk as a placeholder for one or more unknown words. For example, searching for “the * of life” can help you find phrases like "the meaning of life" or "the circle of life". asterisk
In the digital age, the asterisk has become a "wildcard" operator that dramatically expands search capabilities: : Placing an asterisk at the end of a word stem (e