dependency
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Dependency
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
Medicine and psychology
- Codependence, a pattern of detrimental behavioral interactions within a dysfunctional relationship
- Dependency need, the real need of the organism, or something that individuals cannot provide for themselves
- Dependent personality disorder, a personality disorder characterized by a pervasive psychological dependence on other people
- Substance dependence, an adaptive state associated with a withdrawal syndrome upon cessation of repeated exposure to a stimulus (e.g., drug intake)
- Physical dependence, dependence that involves persistent physical–somatic withdrawal symptoms (e.g., fatigue and delirium tremens)
- Psychological dependence, dependence that involves emotional–motivational withdrawal symptoms (e.g., dysphoria and anhedonia)
Philosophy
- Dependent (origination), In Buddhism it means the existence of everything is conditional, dependent on a cause. Nothing happens fortuitously or by chance.
Other uses
- Dependency (project management), a link amongst a project's terminal elements
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