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car⋅et

  [kar-it]
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–noun
a mark (‸) made in written or printed matter to show the place where something is to be inserted.
Origin:
1700–10; < L caret (there) is lacking or wanting, 3rd pers. sing. pres. ind. of carēre to be without
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car·et   (kār'ĭt)   
n.  A proofreading symbol (^) used to indicate where something is to be inserted in a line of printed or written matter.

[Latin, there is lacking, third person sing. present tense of carēre, to lack; see kes- in Indo-European roots.]
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caret
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Common: hat; control; uparrow; caret; ITU-T: circumflex. Rare: chevron; INTERCAL: shark (or shark-fin); to the ("to the power of"); fang; pointer (in Pascal).

The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing, © 1993-2007 Denis Howe
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