dependency

English

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /dɪˈpɛndənsi/

Noun

dependency (plural dependencies)

1. A state of dependence; a refusal to exercise initiative.

   Frank's sullen dependency was driving his father nuts.

2. 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.

3. A colony, or a territory subject to rule by an external power.
4. A dependence on a habit-forming substance such as a drug or alcohol; addiction.
5. (computing) Reliance on the functionality provided by some other, external component.

   This library has a lot of dependencies. We have to compile all of those other libraries first.

Related terms

• dependee, depender

Translations

something dependent or subordinate to something else

• Czech: závislost (cs) f
• Dutch: iets afhankelijks (nl)

• Finnish: riippuvuus (fi)
• German: Abhängigkeit (de) f

a colony or similar territory subject to rule by an external power

• Czech: závislost (cs) f
• Dutch: kolonie (nl) f, schutgebied (nl) n

• Finnish: alusmaa (fi)
• German: Kolonie (de) f, Schutzgebiet (de) n

addiction

• Czech: závislost (cs) f
• Dutch: afhankelijkheid (nl) f
• Finnish: riippuvuus (fi)

• French: dépendance (fr) f
• German: Abhängigkeit (de) f

computing: reliance on functionality

• Dutch: afhankelijkheid (nl) f
• French: dépendance (fr) f

• German: abhängig (de)