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

When a promotion affords her a workspace, she cultivates a fixation with paperweights, which help keep her daydreaming grounded.

From The Wall Street Journal

He lives in a "hacker-house", a shared living and workspace, where he and his colleagues continually swap ideas, and believes working long hours is just a fact of life.

From BBC

Sze spent five days installing the show inside the gallery and the commonplace supplies incorporated into the pieces are what she dubbed “remnants of the workspace.”

From Los Angeles Times

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

From Literature

We also talked much about the Torrance 3 bus, Johnson’s “mental workspace” where, to and from practice in Long Beach, he wrote and workshopped many songs, including “Constant Headache.”

From Los Angeles Times

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