dependency
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Noun
dependency (countable and uncountable, plural dependencies)
- A state of dependence; a refusal to exercise initiative.
- Frank's sullen dependency was driving his father nuts.
- Something dependent on, or subordinate to, something else:
- In the United States' governmental structure, the military is conceived as a dependency under the executive branch.
- A colony, or a territory subject to rule by an external power.
- Synonyms: colony, protectorate, province, dominion
- 1899 Feb, Joseph Conrad, “The Heart of Darkness”, in Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, page 201:
- ‘I have a little theory which you Messieurs who go out there must help me to prove. This is my share in the advantages my country shall reap from the possession of such a magnificent dependency.’
- A dependence on a habit-forming substance such as a drug or alcohol.
- Synonym: addiction
- (computing) Reliance on the functionality provided by some other, external component.
- This library has dependencies on a lot of other libraries. We have to compile all of those other libraries first.
- (computing) An external component whose functionality is relied on.
- One of this library's dependencies is very finicky. It can be hard to get it to compile on some systems.
Derived terms
- British Crown dependency
- chemical dependency
- crown dependency
- dependency culture
- dependency culture
- dependency grammar
- dependency hell
- dependency injection
- dependency injection
- dependency inversion principle
- dependency ratio
- dependency ratio
- functional dependency
- high dependency unit
- partial dependency
- path dependency
- Ross Dependency
- transitive dependency
- trivial functional dependency
Related terms
Translations
refusal to exercise initiative
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something dependent or subordinate to something else
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a colony or similar territory subject to rule by an external power
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addiction
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computing: reliance on functionality
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