noun
Meaning 1
The degree to which something fans out, or splits into separate sections.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: business, computing, electrical-engineering, electricity, electromagnetism, electronics, energy, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, physics, sciences
Examples
- B+ trees have very high fanout, which reduces the number of I/O operations required to find an element in the tree.
- The fanout of a logic gate output is the number of gate inputs to which it is connected.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided