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. Conceived in the 1960s by analysts native to developing countries, dependency theory is an alternative to Eurocentric accounts of modernization as universalistic, unilinear evolution (Addo 1996).Instead, contemporary underdevelopment is seen as an outgrowth of asymmetrical contacts with capitalism.onceived in the 1960s by analysts native to developing countries, dependency theory is an alternative to Eurocentric accounts of modernization as universalistic, unilinear evolution (Addo 1996).