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