| 释义 |
work station
Also ˈworkstation.
[f. work n. + station n.]
1. A location at which one stage in the manufacture or assembly of a product is carried out before it is moved on for the next stage.
1950T. M. Landy Production Planning & Control vii. 161 The assigning of work stations by the planners is largely influenced by these considerations: costs, centralization of work within a section..and existing labor load. 1980M. P. Groover Automation, Production Systems & Computer-Aided Manufacturing iv. 66 An automated flow line consists of several machines or workstations which are linked together by work handling devices that transfer parts between the stations.
2. A desk with a computer terminal and keyboard; the terminal itself.
1977Which Computer? Sept. 25 Another cavil on the workstation is the absence of a ‘home’ key to return the cursor to the head of a new page. 1981Office June 23/1 Wordcom 70 can be used as a shared facility system with up to eight work-stations using the cartridge disk. In this way a number of departments can have access to a single database. 1983What's New in Computing Jan. 53 (Advt.), Featured above in teak: printer stand, linking quadrant and 3′ by 2′ workstation with monitor shelf. 1985Which Computer? Apr. 122/3 It can then be viewed by users at any workstation attached to the system. |