Origins Caret
carets telling reader insert comma, apostrophe, , quotation marks
caret telling reader insert letter
caret telling reader insert word
caret telling reader change word
circumflex accent
a raised variant of symbol can found on typewriters, used denote circumflex in languages, such french , portuguese. typically dead key, not cause carriage advance , allows following letter strike same spot (below circumflex) on paper.
as regards computer systems, original 1963 version of ascii standard reserved code point 5ehex up-arrow (↑). however, 1965 ecma-6 standard replaced up-arrow circumflex (^), applicable diacritic well, , 2 years later, second revision of ascii followed suit. mainframes , minicomputers largely used teleprinters output devices, possible print circumflex above letter when needed. proliferation of monitors, however, seen insufficient, , precomposed characters, diacritic included, instead introduced appended character sets, such latin-1. original circumflex character left other purposes, , did not need fit above letter anymore, became larger in appearance.
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