Part of the Hardware glossary: An adapter is a physical device that allows one hardware or electronic interface to be adapted (accommodated without loss of function) to another hardware or electronic interface.
What is dependency theory? A: Dependency theory is the way that the state of an economy develops as a direct result of external forces. Political, economic and cultural factors may influence the way that the economy develops using the dependency theory. Continue Reading.
Dependency theory developed in the context of Latin America and its relationship to the global political-economic system in the postwar era; so you can imagine how the contemporary systems of colonialism and imperialism strongly influenced the theorists who created and advocated it.