workstation

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From work +‎ station.

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workstation (plural workstations)

  1. a desktop computer, normally more powerful than a normal PC and often dedicated to a specific task, such as graphics
    • 2021 October 20, Paul Stephen, “Leisure and pleasure on the Far North Line: Radio Electronic Token Block”, in RAIL, number 942, page 48:
      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
    • 2010, Mick Herron, Slow Horses, page 299:
      Lamb ignored her, surveying her team instead, who were at their own or each other's workstations, and engrossed in their current tasks, and studying every move he made.

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Portuguese[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Unadapted borrowing from English workstation.

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  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /u.oʁ.kisˈte(j).ʃõ/ [ʊ.oh.kisˈte(ɪ̯).ʃõ], (faster pronunciation) /woʁ.kisˈte(j).ʃõ/ [woh.kisˈte(ɪ̯).ʃõ]
    • (São Paulo) IPA(key): /u.oɾ.kisˈte(j).ʃõ/ [ʊ.oɾ.kisˈte(ɪ̯).ʃõ], (faster pronunciation) /woɾ.kisˈte(j).ʃõ/ [woɾ.kisˈte(ɪ̯).ʃõ]
    • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /u.oʁ.kiʃˈte(j).ʃõ/ [ʊ.oχ.kiʃˈte(ɪ̯).ʃõ], (faster pronunciation) /woʁ.kiʃˈte(j).ʃõ/ [woχ.kiʃˈte(ɪ̯).ʃõ]
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /u.oɻ.kisˈte(j).ʃõ/ [ʊ.oɻ.kisˈte(ɪ̯).ʃõ], (faster pronunciation) /woɻ.kisˈte(j).ʃõ/ [woɻ.kisˈte(ɪ̯).ʃõ]

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workstation f (plural workstations)

  1. (computing) workstation (powerful desktop computer)
    Synonym: estação de trabalho