Auction and bidder, or news broadcast and viewer. These are examples of the observer design pattern. In each of these, relationships are generally one subject to many observers. One auction is observed by many bidders. One broadcast is observed by many viewers.
As a behavioral pattern, it makes it easy to distribute and handle notifications of changes across systems, in a manageable and controlled way.
There are many different ways and situations you can apply the observer design pattern.
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