workstationn.
/ˈwəːkˌsteɪʃn/, U.S. /ˈwərkˌsteɪʃ(ə)n/ 1. Usually as two words. A place where a person is stationed for work, or goes to obtain work. Now rare.
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1835 J. Revans in Knowsley Pamphlet Coll. 145 Each work-station..could not well serve for a more extended radius than three miles, because a labourer could scarcely go to and from his work at a greater distance.
1886 Poor Law Mag. 14 582 We agreed to open such work stations in the different districts of the city.
1956 R. G. Price in R. H. Beck Three R's Plus 261 The teacher-coordinator [for students on work experience] whose job it is to..serve as go-between for the school and the work stations.
2. Manufacturing Technology. A location at which one of a number of successive stages in the manufacture or assembly of a product is carried out. Also: an area fitted out for work of a particular nature.
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society > occupation and work > workplace > factory > [noun] > workstation
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1910 U.S. Patent 978,097 1/1 These several operations are performed successively on the work, but there are a plurality of work stations so that the different stages of the work progress simultaneously at the different stations.
1950 T. 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.
1980 M. P. Groover Automation, Production Syst. & Computer-aided Manuf. 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.
2011 New Yorker 16 May 65/1 Taste tests..take place both in small ‘sip and spit’ rooms, which resemble the workstations in a dentist's office.
3. Computing. Originally: a desk in a workplace with a computer terminal and keyboard. Later: a computer intended for use in the workplace by one person at a time, (now) esp. a high-performance one used for scientific or technical purposes.
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society > computing and information technology > network > [noun] > workstation
data terminal1958
terminal1958
satellite1961
workstation1972
1972 Computerworld 12 July 11/1 Hardware at the remote workstation..must include a console, cardreader, [etc.].
1981 Office June 23/1 Wordcom 70 can be used as a shared facility system with up to eight work-stations using the cartridge disk.
1983 What's New in Computing Jan. 53 (advt.) Featured above in teak: printer stand, linking quadrant and 3′ by 2′ workstation with monitor shelf.
1985 Which Computer? Apr. 122/3 It can then be viewed by users at any workstation attached to the system.
1999 InfoWorld 18 Jan. 2/2 (advt.) Windows NT-based workstation with outstanding performance and expandibility.
2013 PCMag.com (Nexis) 24 Dec. A new lineup of FirePro professional graphics processors for Apple's new Mac Pro professional workstation.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2014; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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