What is the term for a program that consumes a dependency?

Question

I am currently working on an update to a package, which other programs use as a dependency.

I'm curious what the correct term is for those dependency-consuming programs from the perspective of the dependency itself.

It isn't quite a peerDependency since the dependency in question is designed to be modular. So when talking about the dep itself, what do you call the other programs that depend on it?

Answer 1

"Dependents" (with a few variants)

Interestingly enough, there appear to be several different terms to refer to a program that consumes a dependency:

• Dependents
• Package Dependents
• Reverse Dependencies
• NPM Dependents

These terms are gathered from SO questions that refer to the same thing. "Dependents" is the term used most frequently; however, the usage of other terms implies that there is some ambiguity around this naming scheme.