ELI5: Explain Like I'm 5

Fan-out

Fan-out is like a hose spraying water in different directions. Instead of just one thing happening at once, fan-out lets multiple things happen at once. For example, when you send a message on a website, it can be sent to lots of different people at the same time, just like a hose spraying lots of streams of water out all at once. That's fan-out!
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