Dependency vs Reliability - What's the difference?
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A state of dependence; a refusal to exercise initiative.
Something dependent on, or subordinate to, something else:
A colony, or a territory subject to rule by an external power.
A dependence on a habit-forming substance such as a drug or alcohol; addiction.
(computing) Reliance on the functionality provided by some other, external component.
The quality of being reliable, dependable or trustworthy.
The quality of a measurement indicating the degree to which the measure is consistent, that is, repeated measurements would give the same result (See validity).
In engineering measurable time of work before failure
As nouns the difference between dependency and reliability
is that dependency is a state of dependence; a refusal to exercise initiative while reliability is the quality of being reliable, dependable, or trustworthy.dependency
English
Noun
(dependencies)- Frank's sullen dependency was driving his father nuts.
- In the United States' governmental structure, the military is conceived as a dependency under the executive branch.
- This library has a lot of dependencies . We have to compile all of those other libraries first.