In simple words, a fork is a copy of a repository. When you are forking a repository that means you are basically creating a copy of the original repository under your GitHub ID in your GitHub account.
When a you forks a repository, all the files in the repository will get copied into the your GitHub account and it will look like your own repository. This process is near about similar to copying a folder from one drive to another drive in a computer. But, a fork is a GitHub to GitHub operation.
Now, you can freely experiment with changes or fix any bug without affecting the original project by forking a repository.
Forks are commonly used to propose changes to someone else's project, to use someone else's project as a starting point or as a boilerplate for your own idea/project.
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