<s>
Connascence	B-Architecture
(	O
)	O
is	O
a	O
software	O
quality	O
metric	O
invented	O
by	O
Meilir	O
Page-Jones	O
to	O
allow	O
reasoning	O
about	O
the	O
complexity	O
caused	O
by	O
dependency	B-Application
relationships	O
in	O
object-oriented	B-Application
design	I-Application
much	O
like	O
coupling	B-Application
did	O
for	O
structured	O
design	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
software	B-General_Concept
engineering	I-General_Concept
,	O
two	O
components	B-Architecture
are	O
connascent	O
if	O
a	O
change	O
in	O
one	O
would	O
require	O
the	O
other	O
to	O
be	O
modified	O
in	O
order	O
to	O
maintain	O
the	O
overall	O
correctness	O
of	O
the	O
system	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
addition	O
to	O
allowing	O
categorization	O
of	O
dependency	B-Application
relationships	O
,	O
connascence	B-Architecture
also	O
provides	O
a	O
system	O
for	O
comparing	O
different	O
types	O
of	O
dependency	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Elements	O
with	O
a	O
high	O
degree	O
of	O
connascence	B-Architecture
incur	O
greater	O
difficulty	O
,	O
</s>
<s>
Locality	B-General_Concept
matters	O
when	O
analyzing	O
connascence	B-Architecture
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
is	O
a	O
list	O
of	O
some	O
types	O
of	O
connascence	B-Architecture
ordered	O
approximately	O
from	O
weak	O
to	O
strong	O
forms	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Connascence	B-Architecture
of	O
name	O
is	O
when	O
multiple	O
components	B-Architecture
must	O
agree	O
on	O
the	O
name	O
of	O
an	O
entity	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Method	O
names	O
are	O
an	O
example	O
of	O
this	O
form	O
of	O
connascence	B-Architecture
:	O
if	O
the	O
name	O
of	O
a	O
method	O
changes	O
,	O
callers	O
of	O
that	O
method	O
must	O
be	O
changed	O
to	O
use	O
the	O
new	O
name	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Connascence	B-Architecture
of	O
type	O
is	O
when	O
multiple	O
components	B-Architecture
must	O
agree	O
on	O
the	O
type	O
of	O
an	O
entity	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
statically	O
typed	O
languages	O
,	O
the	O
type	O
of	O
method	O
arguments	O
is	O
an	O
example	O
of	O
this	O
form	O
of	O
connascence	B-Architecture
.	O
</s>
<s>
Connascence	B-Architecture
of	O
meaning	O
is	O
when	O
multiple	O
components	B-Architecture
must	O
agree	O
on	O
the	O
meaning	O
of	O
particular	O
values	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Returning	O
integers	O
0	O
and	O
1	O
to	O
represent	O
false	O
and	O
true	O
,	O
respectively	O
,	O
is	O
an	O
example	O
of	O
this	O
form	O
of	O
connascence	B-Architecture
.	O
</s>
<s>
Connascence	B-Architecture
of	O
position	O
is	O
when	O
multiple	O
components	B-Architecture
must	O
agree	O
on	O
the	O
order	O
of	O
values	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Positional	O
parameters	O
in	O
method	O
calls	O
are	O
an	O
example	O
of	O
this	O
form	O
of	O
connascence	B-Architecture
.	O
</s>
<s>
Connascence	B-Architecture
of	O
algorithm	O
is	O
when	O
multiple	O
components	B-Architecture
must	O
agree	O
on	O
a	O
particular	O
algorithm	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Message	B-Algorithm
authentication	I-Algorithm
codes	I-Algorithm
are	O
an	O
example	O
of	O
this	O
form	O
of	O
connascence	B-Architecture
.	O
</s>
<s>
Connascence	B-Architecture
of	O
execution	O
is	O
when	O
the	O
order	O
of	O
execution	O
of	O
multiple	O
components	B-Architecture
is	O
important	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Connascence	B-Architecture
of	O
timing	O
is	O
when	O
the	O
timing	O
of	O
the	O
execution	O
of	O
multiple	O
components	B-Architecture
is	O
important	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Connascence	B-Architecture
of	O
values	O
is	O
when	O
several	O
values	O
must	O
change	O
together	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Connascence	B-Architecture
of	O
identity	O
is	O
when	O
multiple	O
components	B-Architecture
must	O
reference	O
the	O
same	O
entity	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
forms	O
of	O
connascence	B-Architecture
into	O
weaker	O
forms	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
would	O
change	O
the	O
connascence	B-Architecture
from	O
CoP	O
to	O
CoN	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
reduce	O
connascence	B-Architecture
.	O
</s>
