Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

dependency hell

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.51 in modern English

Syllables: de-pen-den-cy hell
IPA

26

Scrabble Score

14

Letters

4

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

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

Slang; Uncountable

Usage

Phrases

callback hell DLL hell

Frequently Paired Words

callback hell DLL hell

Questions

What does dependency hell mean?: A situation in which installed software packages have conflicting, incompatible dependencies on specific versions of other software packages.

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