DRAKON is an algorithm

Algorithm

In mathematics and computer science, an algorithm is an effective method expressed as a finite list of well-defined instructions for calculating a function. Algorithms are used for calculation, data processing, and automated reasoning...

ic visual programming language

Visual programming language

In computing, a visual programming language is any programming language that lets users create programs by manipulating program elements graphically rather than by specifying them textually. A VPL allows programming with visual expressions, spatial arrangements of text and graphic symbols, used...

 developed for the Buran space project. Its development, started in 1986, was directed by Vladimir Parondzhanov. The goal was to replace specialised languages PROL2 (ПРОЛ2), DIPOL (ДИПОЛЬ) and LAKS (ЛАКС) used in the Buran project with one universal language.

The work was finished in 1996 (3 years after the Buran project was officially closed), when an automated CASE

Computer-aided software engineering

Computer-aided software engineering is the scientific application of a set of tools and methods to a software system which is meant to result in high-quality, defect-free, and maintainable software products...

 programming system called "Grafit-Floks" was developed.

After that it was used in Sea Launch

Sea Launch

Sea Launch is a spacecraft launch service that uses a mobile sea platform for equatorial launches of commercial payloads on specialized Zenit 3SL rockets...

 and other space projects.

DRAKON rules for creating diagrams are cognitively optimised for easy comprehension, making it a tool for intelligence augmentation

Intelligence amplification

Intelligence amplification refers to the effective use of information technology in augmenting human intelligence...

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External links

• History of DRAKON (in Russian)
• Transhumanism | DRAKON List of Internet Resources about Dragon (in Russian)
• DRAKON + Oberon = DRON visual programming language (in English)
• DRAKON + Oberon = DRON visual programming language (in Russian)
• DRAKON Editor for Windows, Mac and Linux.