transitive dependency

English

Noun

transitive dependency (plural transitive dependencies)

1. (databases) 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.
2. (programming) In a computer program, library called by another dependency.

Translations

In databases

• French: dépendance transitive (fr)

In programming

• French: dépendance transitive (fr)