Coupling

Definition

The degree to which software components depend on each other — lower coupling means components can change without affecting others.

Example in context

"Payment was tightly coupled to orders — we refactored to event publishing, reducing coupling dramatically."

Related terms

• Microservices — An architectural style where an application is composed of small, independently deployable services communicating over APIs.
• Dependency injection — A design pattern where dependencies are passed in from outside rather than created internally — improves testability and flexibility.