Dependency
Dependency, dependence, dependent or depend may refer to:
Computer science
- Dependency (computer science) or coupling, a state in which one object uses a function of another object
- Data dependency, which describes a dependence relation between statements in a program
- Dependence analysis, in compiler theory
- Dependency (UML), a relationship between one element in the Unified Modeling Language
- Dependency relation, a type of binary relation in mathematics and computer science.
- Functional dependency, a relationship between database attributes allowing normalization.
- Dependent type, in computer science and logic, a type that depends on a value
- Hidden dependency, a relation in which a change in many areas of a program produces unexpected side-effects
- Library dependency, a relationship described in and managed by a software dependency manager tool to mitigate dependency hell