What is the name of this character: ^?

Question:just wondering what it's called. and maybe what its function is. anybody know? thaaanks.

Answers:
The ^ is called the caret. It's pronounced like carrot.

In math, it's used to indicate the number of exponents, an exponent being a number that indicates how many times to multiply a number by itself; 5^5 = 5*5*5*5*5 = 3125.

In english/grammar, it's used as an editing symbol meaning to insert a word, and then you would write the word above it.

In some languages, it is put over a letter (usually a vowel, in Vietnamese, over an 'a' or an 'o') and indicates how to pronounce it - it will change the meaning of a word.
i can not see it
Dude, he means the ^ symbol. You know.
Okay, I looked it up, and somebody said it is the "caret" or "circumflex."
its called a carrot, i forgot the functionality of it though.

Mostly made for faces methinks ahhaha ^^
caret
its used as a mark to indicate where a punctuation mark, word or phrase should be inserted in a document.
I can't see it either
It's called a caret
The caret is used in mathematics to represent a square, cube, or other power. For example, 6^3, which may also be represented as 63 or 6 * 6 * 6. Carets are also used in different programming languages for various reasons.
The carrot is used to add extra words into a sentence. You use it when proof reading to make changes to your report or writing.
Caret -- used alone, a proofreading symbol (^) used to indicate where something is to be inserted in a line of printed or written matter.

A similar mark is called a circumflex accent and is used over a vowel in certain languages or in phonetic keys to indicate quality of pronunciation.

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