title: Insertion symbol
text: # Insertion symbol
  
  The term insertion symbol has more than one meaning,,
  
  * when using a cursor (user interface), it is (usually) a vertical bar indicating where text being typed will be inserted
  * a caret (proofreading) is a V-shaped grapheme, usually inverted and sometimes extended, used to indicate that additional material needs to be inserted at this point in the text.
  