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external coupling comparison table

Subject	reduce by	is a kind of	has definition
coupling		software quality	A measure of the extent to which interdependencies exist between software modules
external coupling	reducing the number of places in the code where such dependencies exist using the facade pattern	coupling	A form of coupling in which a software component has a dependency to software written by a third party, or to a particular type of hardware

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