Dependency Page
Dependency
Disambiguation
Dependency, 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
Medicine and psychology
* wp>Codependence, a pattern of detrimental behavioral interactions within a dysfunctional relationship
* wp>Dependency need, the real need of the organism, or something that individuals cannot provide for themselves
* wp>Dependent personality disorder, a personality disorder characterized by a pervasive psychological dependence on other people
* wp>Substance dependence, an adaptive state associated with a withdrawal syndrome upon cessation of repeated exposure to a stimulus (e.g., drug intake)
** wp>Physical dependence, dependence that involves persistent physical–somatic withdrawal symptoms (e.g., fatigue and delirium tremens)
** wp>Psychological dependence, dependence that involves emotional–motivational withdrawal symptoms (e.g., dysphoria and anhedonia)
** wp>Alcohol dependence
** wp>Amphetamine dependence
** wp>Barbiturate dependence
** wp>Benzodiazepine dependence
** wp>Caffeine dependence
** wp>Cannabis dependence
** wp>Cocaine dependence
** wp>Opioid dependence
** wp>Tanning dependence
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