dependencies

/D IH0 P EH1 N D AH0 N S IY0 Z/
noun
  1. 1

    A state of dependence; a refusal to exercise initiative.

  2. 2

    Something dependent on, or subordinate to, something else:

  3. 3

    A colony, or a territory subject to rule by an external power.

  4. 4

    A dependence on a habit-forming substance such as a drug or alcohol; addiction.

  5. 5

    Reliance on the functionality provided by some other, external component.

    โ€œThis library has dependencies on a lot of other libraries. We have to compile all of those other libraries first.โ€

  6. 6

    An external component whose functionality is relied on.

    โ€œOne of this library's dependencies is very finicky. It can be hard to get it to compile on some systems.โ€

Source: https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/dependencies, https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/dependency