What does "fanout" mean?

The degree to which something fans out, or splits into separate sections.

What is a synonym for "fanout"?

Common synonyms include: fanning.

noun

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Noun

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The degree to which something fans out, or splits into separate sections. countable, uncountable
"B+ trees have very high fanout, which reduces the number of I/O operations required to find an element in the tree."

"B+ trees have very high fanout, which reduces the number of I/O operations required to find an element in the tree."

From fan + out, from the phrasal verb.