Caret

This article is about the computing character. For the proofreader's insertion symbol, see Caret (proofreading). For other uses, see Caret (disambiguation). Not to be confused with Carrot or Carat.

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Caret
In UnicodeU+005E ^ CIRCUMFLEX ACCENT (^)
Different from
Different fromU+2038 ‸ CARET
U+02C6 ˆ MODIFIER LETTER CIRCUMFLEX ACCENT
U+028C ʌ LATIN SMALL LETTER TURNED V
U+2227 ∧ LOGICAL AND
U+039B Λ GREEK CAPITAL LETTER LAMDA
Related
See alsoU+FF3E ＾ FULLWIDTH CIRCUMFLEX ACCENT
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Caret (from Latin caret 'there is lacking') is the name used familiarly for the character ^ provided on most QWERTY keyboards by typing ⇧ Shift+6. The symbol has a variety of uses in programming and mathematics. The name "caret" arose from its visual similarity to the original proofreader's caret, ‸, a mark used in proofreading to indicate where a punctuation mark, word, or phrase should be inserted into a document. The ASCII standard (X3.64.1977) calls it a "circumflex"; the Unicode standard calls it a "circumflex accent", although it is no longer practicable for that purpose.

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