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Caret

Caret (from Latin caret 'it lacks') is the name used familiarly for the character ^ provided on most QWERTY keyboards by typing .mw-parser-output .keyboard-key{border:1px solid #aaa;border-radius:0.2em;box-shadow:0.1em 0.1em 0.2em rgba(0,0,0,0.1);background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);background-image:linear-gradient(to…

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Different from
U+2038 ‸ CARET

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Caret

Nodes58
Edges57
Triples54
Avg. degree1.97
Density0.034483
Components1

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Caret

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related to Unicode · 13
Caret → CAPITAL LETTER LAMDAU, Carets, CARETU, CIRCUMFLEX ACCENT, COMBINING CIRCUMFLEX ACCENTU, FF3E, FULLWIDTH CIRCUMFLEX ACCENT, Hat, LETTER CIRCUMFLEX ACCENTU, LOGICAL ANDU, SMALL LETTER TURNED VU, The ASCII, Unicode
related to Programming languages · 10
Caret → ANSI, In, It, Lock-gray-alt-2, Lock-green, Lock-red-alt-2, RFC, The, Wikisource-logo, XOR
related to Transposition into ISO/IEC 646 and ASCII · 8
Caret → As, ASCII, However, In, ISO/IEC, Overprinting, Support, The
related to Surrogate symbol for superscript and exponentiation · 6
Caret → ALGOL, In, It, Knuth's, TeX, The
related to Upward-pointing arrow · 5
Caret → Facebook, In, Java, Multiple, The
related to Escape character · 4
Caret → Ameans, For, It, The Windows
Different from · 1
Caret → U+2038 ‸ CARET
In Unicode · 1
Caret → .mw-parser-output .monospaced{font-family:monospace,monospace}U+005E ^ CIRCUMFLEX ACCENT (^)
is a · 1
Caret → method return statement
see also · 1
Caret → Hat

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used uses character circumflex accent ascii unicode exponentiation symbol mathematics characters notation use programming superscript provided mark typewriters languages upward-pointing

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SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
CaretDifferent fromU+2038 ‸ CARET1.00infobox
CaretIn Unicode.mw-parser-output .monospaced{font-family:monospace,monospace}U+005E ^ CIRCUMFLEX ACCENT (^)1.00infobox
Caretis amethod return statement0.90text
Facebookinstance ofon social networking sites0.80text
or in online chatsinstance ofon social networking sites0.80text
one or more carets may be used beneath the text of another postinstance ofon social networking sites0.80text
representing an upward-pointing arrow to that postinstance ofon social networking sites0.80text
Caretrelated to Escape characterIt0.60section
Caretrelated to Escape characterAmeans0.60section
Caretrelated to Escape characterThe Windows0.60section
Caretrelated to Escape characterFor0.60section
Caretrelated to Programming languagesThe0.60section

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