This circumflex is not to be confused with other chevron-shaped characters, such as the circumflex accent, the turned v or the logical AND, which may occasionally be called carets. This symbol is often called a "caret", but this page will call it a "circumflex" to distinguish it from a true caret. The character became reused in computer languages for many other purposes, and over time its appearance was enlarged and lowered, making it unusable as an accent mark. The symbol was included in typewriters and computer printers so that circumflex accents could be overprinted on letters (as in ô or ŵ). There is a similar mark, ^, that has a variety of uses in programming, mathematics and other contexts.
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