caret

n. deletion mark used in proofreading; character which looks like an arrowhead pointing upward "^" (Computers)

Caret is the name for the symbol ^ in ASCII and some other character sets. Its Unicode code point is U+005E, and its ASCII code in hexadecimal is 5E. Strictly speaking, the caret character in common use is actually referred to in the Unicode standard as the "CIRCUMFLEX ACCENT"; the Unicode character named "CARET" is actually a distinct, much less common character, at code point U+2038 . There is also a combining mark, U+0302 "COMBINING CIRCUMFLEX ACCENT", which is used when a circumflex accent is to be added as a diacritical mark to another letter. However, the term "caret" is most frequently used to refer to the first of these.
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Noun
1. a mark used by an author or editor to indicate where something is to be inserted into a text
(hypernym) mark

n. caret, deletion mark used in proofreading; character which looks like an arrowhead pointing upwards "^" (Computers)

n. caret, deletion mark used in proofreading; character which looks like an arrowhead pointing upward "^" (Computers)