Dependency
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Dependency has a number of meanings:
- In project management, a dependency is a link amongst a project's terminal elements.
- In computer science, dependency is a state in which one object uses a functionality of another object. This may cause changes on implementation of one object that can affect implementation of another object.
- In behavioural medicine, dependence describes a continuum of physical and psychological attachments related to the concept of addiction.
- Dependency theory is an economic worldview.
- A dependent area is a classification of territory.
- The Ross Dependency is an area of Antarctica claimed by New Zealand.
- Co-dependency is a behavioural condition.
- A chemical dependency is such a strong need for a substance that it becomes necessary to have this substance just to function properly.