Why is the caret made, and why does it blink?
It's the vertical line that blinks in text boxes and documents when you edit. Other than that I don't know much about it.
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It's the vertical line that blinks in text boxes and documents when you edit. Other than that I don't know much about it.
"Caret" is also correct, and more specific, since "Cursor" can also mean the mouse cursor.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caret_navigation
Yes , the link I provided also explains the etymology of "mouse". In short, the invention of a free moving cursor was initially called a "bug", but since the caret cursor was also called a "cat" they called it mouse. The first mouse pointers were operated by trackballs, so the physical device didn't resemble a mouse until later.