workspace

American  

[wawrk-speys] / ˈwɔrkˌspeɪs /

noun

1. space used or required for one's work, as in an office or home.

2. Computers.

   1. a temporary digital storage area that contains related data and software files.

      You can create and store images in your workspace.

   2. a file or directory within this storage area.

      If you make changes, be sure to save your workspace.

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Etymology

Origin of workspace

First recorded in 1955–60; work + space

Example Sentences

She settled in at a workspace to turn out a memo to staff, acknowledging the rapid work of getting its images from inside the ballroom on the air.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 26, 2026

He said a new press workspace will be established "in an annex facility outside the Pentagon, but still on Pentagon grounds."

From Barron's • Mar. 24, 2026

Meanwhile the rear annexe, on Johnston Terrace, is home to tech workspace CodeBase and was used in Dept Q, which debuted on Netflix earlier this year.

From BBC • Nov. 12, 2025

While employed at Palantir, Jain and Cohen had access to its “crown jewels”—including its source code, internal workspace and customer workflows, the company said.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 30, 2025

There are a few hundred of us here, and we’ve long since run out of workspace in the mansion.

From "The Bletchley Riddle" by Ruta Sepetys and Steve Sheinkin

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