noun
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A state of dependence; a refusal to exercise initiative.
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Something dependent on, or subordinate to, something else:
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A colony, or a territory subject to rule by an external power.
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A dependence on a habit-forming substance such as a drug or alcohol; addiction.
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Reliance on the functionality provided by some other, external component.
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This library has dependencies on a lot of other libraries. We have to compile all of those other libraries first.
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An external component whose functionality is relied on.
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One of this library's dependencies is very finicky. It can be hard to get it to compile on some systems.