Can an object with dependencies be called a "dependent"?

Programmers spend much time discussing and resolving object dependencies.

Dependency … [is] a state in which one object uses a function of another object.²

For example, if A, an object, needs a function belonging to B, another object, we say,

A has a dependency.

According to Dependant – Wikipedia,

A dependant (Commonwealth English) or dependent (American English) is a person who relies on another as a primary source of income.

Can "dependent" be used more broadly, not for a person that relies on another financially but for an object in programming that relies on another to work? That is, can one say B "has a dependent"?