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Pronouced?

Pronounciation ~ carrot? 86.128.51.192 20:07, 11 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Internet use

What about its use on internet forums, where it can be used to indicate the post is a reply to a previous post, usually determined by the number of carets, e.g. "^^^I Agree,but..." means the poster agrees with what was posted three posts back, not counting the new post. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 81.83.36.205 (talk • contribs)

Isn't > more common?

I would say that it is very commonly used on internet forums to denote who you're replying to, without actually quoting them. I don't see > very much Hollerama 11:08, 19 September 2006 (PST)

I'd say it also means something like woot or: "I strongly agree with this opinion". Virtually every second youtube comment uses ^^. May be it is some form of leet or of emoticon?--Soylentyellow 20:41, 23 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

^.^ ^_^ ^-^ ^o^ ^w^ ^^ *^.^* *^_^* Are all types of Emoticon i suppose, Normally to show a Cute smile, or I'm happy to see you Face, Commonly used in Forums, Blogs, Messenger Programs, E-mails Etc. Why isn't that added into there? The Online use for '^' ? NekoKiyo (talk) 13:27, 16 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Math use

What about its mathematical use for exponents?

Matmatical?

Isn't this used as a "to the power of" kinda thing?

carat

I consider the claim

sometimes spelled carat

dubious.

To my knowledge, this is a misspelling, not an alternate spelling. 88.77.152.227 (talk) 02:32, 9 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Not only squares

The use of ^2 for squaring is only a special case of the more general x^y notation for the y-th power of x. Also, ^ is sometimes used for other mathematical or logical operators, such as xor. 88.238.107.74 (talk) 05:10, 20 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

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 To my knowledge, this is a ''mis''spelling, not an alternate spelling.
 [[Special:Contributions/88.77.152.227|88.77.152.227]] ([[User talk:88.77.152.227|talk]]) 02:32, 9 December 2009 (UTC)
+== Not only squares ==
+The use of ^2 for squaring is only a special case of the more general x^y notation for the y-th power of x. Also, ^ is sometimes used for other mathematical or logical operators, such as xor. [[Special:Contributions/88.238.107.74|88.238.107.74]] ([[User talk:88.238.107.74|talk]]) 05:10, 20 January 2010 (UTC)