Definitions
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- noun programming An agent that is depended on by a
depender , the target of adependency (used in agent-oriented programming)
Etymologies
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depend + -ee (“target of action”)
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Examples
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It implies that the dependency knows something about the environment of the dependee, which is back to front.
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It implies that the dependency knows something about the environment of the dependee, which is back to front.
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Smart Skipping (skip any task that has only the skipped task as a dependee).
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