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dependency hell

dependency hell noun: a situation in which installed software packages have conflicting, incompatible dependencies on specific versions of other software packages.

Noun

dependency hell (uncountable)

  1. (slang) A situation in which installed software packages have conflicting, incompatible dependencies on specific versions of other software packages.

Questions about dependency hell

What does dependency hell mean?
Dependency hell means a situation in which installed software packages have conflicting, incompatible dependencies on specific versions of other software packages.
What part of speech is dependency hell?
Dependency hell is a noun.

Words near dependency hell in the dictionary

  1. dependency
  2. dependency culture
  3. dependency cultures
  4. dependency grammar
  5. dependency grammars
  6. dependency hell
  7. dependency injection
  8. dependency injections
  9. dependency inversion principle
  10. dependency ratio
  11. dependency ratios

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