Wildcard DNS Record
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A wildcard DNS record uses an asterisk (*) to match any [[subdomain]] that doesn't have an explicit record. This allows all undefined subdomains to resolve to the same IP address or target.
Example
A wildcard A record *.example.com pointing to 1.2.3.4 means anything.example.com, random.example.com all resolve to that IP.