Keystroke to shift focus to dock

Stupid question, I know, but what does the ^ mean in keystroke shortcut menu mean? Is it option? Thanks.

^ means the Control (ctrl) key is involved in the chord; it's one of the modifier keys: Caps Lock, Control (ctrl), Option (Alt), Function (fn) and Command.
You'll also sometimes encounter a control-key-based chord listed as Ctrl/F3, in the case of summoning the Dock.
Command/Tab is another useful chord. (The command key is the Apple or cloverleaf or (useless Apple trivia ahead) the Swedish symbol used to mark areas of interest to campers.)
For a look at the symbols used in menus and various documents, launch Finder, select Mac Help, and enter the incantation "Symbols for special keys" into the search box.
The Quicksilver package might be of some future and advanced interest here -- as Mac OS X packages go, Quicksilver is very difficult to describe, and it's also a very powerful way to deal with shortcuts and applications and data. For now and for the near future the special keys listing will be of interest -- and then something like Quicksilver, once you get the hang of the modifier keys and such.

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