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Look up <i>caret</i> in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. <p>Caret is the name used familiarly for the <a href="/facts/Character_(computing)/X2zKLFFB">character</a> ^ provided on most <a href="/facts/QWERTY/0DCjXEa9">QWERTY</a> 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 <a href="/facts/Caret_(proofreading)/SGmkGd2q">proofreader's caret</a>, ‸, a mark used in <a href="/facts/Proofreading/5gTPjRUr">proofreading</a> to indicate where a punctuation mark, word, or phrase should be inserted into a document. The <a href="/facts/ASCII/vGUI33Qu">ASCII</a> standard (X3.64.1977) calls it a "<a href="/facts/Circumflex/kg8xlo6W">circumflex</a>"; the Unicode standard calls it a "circumflex accent", although it is no longer practicable for that purpose. </p>