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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

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