Associations to the word «Caret»

Wiktionary

CARET, noun. A mark: ⟨   ‸   ⟩ used by writers and proof readers to indicate that something is to be inserted in the place marked by the caret.
CARET, noun. (graphical user interface) An indicator, often a blinking line or bar, indicating where the next insertion or other edit will take place. Also called a cursor.
CARET, noun. (non-standard) A háček.
CARET, noun. A kind of turtle, the hawksbill.
CARET NOTATION, noun. A notation where each control character is represented by a caret followed by an uppercase letter or another symbol.

Dictionary definition

CARET, noun. A mark used by an author or editor to indicate where something is to be inserted into a text.

Wise words

In words, as fashions, the same rule will hold; Alike fantastic, if too new, or old: Be not the first by whom the new are tried, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside.
Alexander Pope