C.a.R.
{{Short description|Interactive geometry app}}
{{about|geometry software|other uses|car (disambiguation)}}
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| name = C.a.R.
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| screenshot = Циркуль-Zirkel.png
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| author = René Grothmann
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| released = {{Start date|1996|01|01}}
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| latest release version = 20.0
| latest release date = {{Start date and age|2022|03|21}}
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| programming language = Java
| operating system = Linux, Microsoft Windows, Mac OS X
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| genre = Interactive geometry software
| license = GNU General Public License
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C.a.R. (Compass and Ruler), also known as Z.u.L. ({{lang|de|Zirkel und Lineal}}), is a free and open source interactive geometry app that can do geometrical constructions in Euclidean and non-Euclidean geometry.
The software is Java based.
The author is René Grothmann of the Catholic University of Eichstätt-Ingolstadt.
It is licensed under the terms of the GNU General Public License (GPL).
Assignments
Assignments make possible to create Java applets, for a construction exercises.
These applets can be used from the command line using the AppletViewer.
(Previously, they could be run in a browser, but Java support in browsers has been disabled in recent years.)
See also
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External links
- [http://zirkel.sourceforge.net/ C.a.R.]
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20170705171054/http://compute.ku-eichstaett.de/MGF/wikis/caruser/doku.php?id=history History of the C.a.R.]
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Category:Free educational software
Category:Free interactive geometry software
Category:Java platform software
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