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dependency

nounid 2284·updated May 9, 2026
verified

A relationship between processes or activities that directly or indirectly relies upon another process or activity to occur, begin, or finish.

polysemous

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Classifications

Entity Type

Process72%llm-generatedllm:claude-haiku-4-5

Sensitivity

unclassified

Information Class

unclassified

Variants

synonym
addictioncolonydependancedependence
alternatephrasing
Dependency
plural
dependencies
possessive
dependency's
pluralpossessive
dependencies'

Framework definitions

NIST Cybersecurity Framework1 senseview framework →
§1
A relationship between processes or activities that directly or indirectly relies upon another process or activity to occur, begin, or finish.
Wordset Dictionary3 sensesview framework →
§1
a geographical area politically controlled by a distant country
§2
the state of relying on or being controlled by someone or something else
§3
being abnormally tolerant to and dependent on something that is psychologically or physically habit-forming (especially alcohol or narcotic drugs)
Legacy lexicon import1 senseview framework →
§1 · legacy_primary
A relationship between processes or activities that directly or indirectly relies upon another process or activity to occur, begin, or finish.
DR-088 backfill from the noun definition column

Outgoing relationships

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Incoming relationships

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