caret : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: caret	by the DICT Development Group
5 results for caret
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
caret n a mark used by an author or editor to indicate where something is to be inserted into a text
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Caret \Ca"ret\, n. [L. caret there is wanting, fr. carere to want.] A mark [^] used by writers and proof readers to indicate that something is interlined above, or inserted in the margin, which belongs in the place marked by the caret.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Hawkbill \Hawk"bill`\, n. (Zo[94]l.) A sea turtle ({Eretmochelys imbricata}), which yields the best quality of tortoise shell; -- called also {caret}.
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Caret, VA Zip code(s): 22436
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
caret ^ 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).