dependee

Noun

 * 1)  An agent that is depended on by a depender, the target of a dependency (used in )

Usage notes
Technical term, not widely used in software engineering outside of but finds some use. In agent-oriented programming the antonym is, though in general usage the common term is used instead. There is no common language equivalent for dependee, however – other metaphors are used instead, such as parent/child. The circumlocutions “A depends on B” and “B is depended on by A” are much more common in general use than “A is the depender, B is the dependee”.