workstation
Americannoun
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workstations
plural
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a work or office area assigned to one person, often one accommodating a computer terminal or other electronic equipment.
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a computer terminal or personal computer connected to a mainframe or network.
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a powerful personal computer, often with a high-resolution display, used for computer-aided design, electronic publishing, or other graphics-intensive processing.
Other Word Forms
Noun Inflected Forms
Etymology
Origin of workstation
First recorded in 1930–35
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Nvidia already sells the DGX Spark, a desktop workstation for artificial-intelligence engineers that costs $4,699, but the upcoming announcement may be for reasonably-priced PCs.
From Barron's ● May 29, 2026
Apple had been working on such a display for its prototypical workstation, the Lisa, which eventually would morph into the Macintosh.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 24, 2026
After an officer tries to escort her off the premises, Norma Rae defiantly stands on a workstation in protest and holds up a sign.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 29, 2025
In Shanghai, Xiaowen Tang rented a workstation at a pretend work company in Shanghai for a month earlier this year.
From BBC ● Aug. 10, 2025
Eventually she becomes at ease, convinced, at least enough, that me sitting in her seat hasn’t caused me to behave in any abnormal or dangerous ways, and that I don’t plan to ransack her workstation.
From "The Brightwood Code" by Monica Hesse
McCabe says the foundation managed to secure the venue before setting about the task of installing workstations, camera equipment and screens required to stage and broadcast the EWC.
From BBC ● Jul. 8, 2026
In Florstadt, automated procedures coexist with manual handling at fixed workstations, such as preparing a single contact lens ordered by an optician for a specific patient for further shipping.
From Barron's ● Apr. 5, 2026
They pulled down the drop ceiling, and repurposed old workstations as the sales counter, and did extensive rewiring.
From Slate ● Mar. 25, 2026
Standing amid an array of workstations, a volunteer explained how his team identified sympathetic individuals to buy medicine and food from Damascus, and middlemen who bribed supplies past government checkpoints into Sweida.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 21, 2025
One by one, like massive falling dominoes, more workstations lower from hidden pockets in the surrounding walls of the room.
From "The Last Cuentista" by Donna Barba Higuera
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