ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Fanout

Definition, Meaning & Examples

Part of speech noun

Quick meaning: Fanout is a noun meaning (computing, electronics) The degree to which something fans out, or splits into separate sections.

Meaning

(computing, electronics) The degree to which something fans out, or splits into separate sections.

Example Sentences

The fanout of a logic gate output is the number of gate inputs to which it is connected.
B+ trees have very high fanout, which reduces the number of I/O operations required to find an element in the tree.

Word Forms

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include furcation, fork, fanning, fanac, fanlation, flop.

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