Skip to content

workstation

noun

  1. area where work is done by an individual
  2. high-end technical or scientific computer
L228620 on Wikidata ↗

Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /ˈwɝkˌsteɪʃən/

noun

Etymology: From work + station.

  1. A desktop computer, normally more powerful than a normal PC and often dedicated to a specific task, such as graphics.

    All train movements on the Far North Line have been controlled by a Radio Electronic Token Block workstation at Inverness since 1995, having already been introduced on the Kyle Line some 11 years earlier.

  2. An area, at a workplace, for a single worker.

    Holonyms: workplace, workstead

    Near-synonym: workspace