The flashing indicator which appears inside of text boxes. The caret identifies where the current position in the text box is. When text is typed, it (usually) appears inserted at the caret's position. Back
a mark used by an author or editor to indicate where something is to be inserted into a text
a blinking cursor showing the position where the typed text will appear
a little rectangular (usually) graphic that flashs and shows the current position within a section of text
a mark used by writers and proofreaders
a single flashing cursor-like thing in the currently selected window
a wedge-shaped mark used by editors to show where text should be inserted
A proofreader's symbol (^) indicating precisely where in a line of type a correction, alteration, or addition should be made.
interface: 1. Generic name for any symbol indicating the place in a block of text where new text will be inserted. Called the "insertion point" on the Mac II. The little wedge symbol, ^, by typing Shift-6, used by many programs during find-and-replace operations. For example, in WriteNow you specify a tab character by entering ^T in the Find window. In many programming languages the caret is used to indicate exponents of numbers, for example, 2^8 means 2 raised to the eight power, which equals 256.
n. A sign (^) placed below a line, indicating where omitted words, etc., should be inserted.
A flashing line, block, or bitmap that marks the location of the insertion point in a window's client area. Compare with Cursor.
A caret, which is a flashing line, block, or bitmap that marks the location of the insertion point in a window's client area.