What does the "fn" key do on the keyboard

Need help as to what the fn key does?

If you have enabled Keyboard Viewer and Character Palette in your System Preference settings, you can see what keys on the keyboard will change into if you utilize the modifier key 'fn' and this may help to see the options or where odd characters you may not otherwise know, are hiding out.
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