Timeline for What is the correct word for "dependee"?
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Dec 28, 2017 at 20:35 | comment | added | samus | en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Material_conditional | |
Aug 30, 2015 at 14:28 | comment | added | Jason S | 'Parent' is a specific example of something that something else (a child) depends on, and is not general enough for many instances, and is probably over used for lack of something better. | |
Feb 17, 2013 at 1:00 | comment | added | Jon Hanna | @Jim "parent" and "child" don't necessarily imply a hierarchy - it's just that they do so very often in software contexts, (indeed, more specific still), that makes it inappropriate here. | |
May 2, 2012 at 20:33 | comment | added | Canis Lupus | I'm a little late for this, but software dependencies don't always imply a hierarchical relationship, like parent/child. Dependencies are simply requirements for the existence of other items (e.g., classes, objects, frameworks) that fulfill a functional relationship. Without that relationship being fulfilled, then the software in rendered incomplete and non-operational. For example, an application program may have a dependency on the existence of a network interface. That doesn't imply a hierarchical dependency. NJD's andwer, "dependent", is a more neutral term. | |
May 17, 2011 at 16:36 | vote | accept | Louis Rhys | ||
May 16, 2011 at 18:51 | history | answered | MrHen | CC BY-SA 3.0 |