dependencies

Things relied upon

Dependencies are things that depend on or are contingent upon something else.

In software, dependencies are external libraries or packages a program requires to function: The build failed because of missing dependencies.

More broadly, dependencies can be territories under another nation's control, or conditions of reliance: The country's dependencies in the Caribbean, His dependencies on others grew as he aged.

software

libraries

Public book lending institutions

versioning · pip · maven · coupling · compilation · runtime · transitive · circular · compatibility · build

codependence

enabling

Making something feasible

boundaries · emotional · psychological · unhealthy · attachment · entanglement · manipulation · caretaking · people-pleasing · recovery

interconnection

interrelation

Mutual connection between things

  • linkageConnected system of parts
  • synergyCombined effect exceeding components
  • interplayReciprocal action between things

correlation · symbiosis · coupling · entanglement · reciprocity · mutuality · web · chain · cascade

requirements

prerequisites

Necessary prior conditions

criteria · necessities · obligations · constraints · specifications · qualifications · contingencies · blockers · sequencing · milestones

reliance

reliant

Requiring external support

insecurity · crutch · leaning · subordination · contingency · conditionality · precarity · fragility · trust

geopolitical

aid

Support given freely

  • importsGoods brought in
  • oilSlippery viscous fluid
  • tradeExchange of commodities

resources · sanctions · strategic · supply-chain · energy · commodities · allies · treaties · economic · sovereignty

Categories
Opposites
reliance/self-sufficiency

dependenciesindependence

Freedom from external control

autonomy · self-sufficiency · autonomies · self-reliance · autarky

software/technical architecture

dependenciesbuilt-ins

Permanent architectural storage features

primitives · monoliths

political/territorial status

dependenciessovereign states

Autonomous governing territories

sovereignties · sovereign nations · mother countries · metropoles · colonial powers

Phrases
Family

depend, independent, independence, dependent, dependable, dependence, dependency, independently, dependability

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