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.
From a largely Weberian perspective, Fernando Henrique Cardoso described the main tenets of dependency theory as follows: 1  There is a financial and technological penetration of the periphery and semi-periphery countries by the developed capitalist core countries.