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Relationship between software

A transitive dependency is an indirect dependency relationship between software components. This kind of dependency is held by virtue of a transitive relation from a component that the software depends on directly. Wikipedia →

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  1. Read the overview: Transitive dependencyA 5-minute orientation
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  3. Read the landmark paper: Glass transition and phase state of organic compounds: dependency on molecular properties and implications for secondary organic aerosols in the atmosphereCited 696 times
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📖 Definitions

Noun An attribute of a relation that depends on a key but also on a third attribute which is not a key; this is a violation of third normal form.

Noun In a computer program, library called by another dependency.

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