fan-out


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fan-out

[′fan‚au̇t]
(electronics)
The number of parallel loads that can be driven from one output mode of a logic circuit.
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific & Technical Terms, 6E, Copyright © 2003 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.

fan-out

(electronics)
The number of logic gate inputs that can be driven from a single gate output of the same type. Circuit designers need to add extra buffers if a signal goes to more inputs than the fan-out of the gate that produces it allows.
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