WORKSTATION

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does workstation mean? 

• WORKSTATION (noun)
  The noun WORKSTATION has 1 sense:

1. a desktop digital computer that is conventionally considered to be more powerful than a microcomputer

  Familiarity information: WORKSTATION used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• WORKSTATION (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A desktop digital computer that is conventionally considered to be more powerful than a microcomputer

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("workstation" is a kind of...):

digital computer (a computer that represents information by numerical (binary) digits)

 Context examples 

This initiative is intended to advance the state-of-the-art in digital mammography displays and workstation design to facilitate clinical acceptance and implementation of digital mammography for improved breast cancer diagnosis.

(Development and Testing of Digital Mammography Displays and Workstations, NCI Thesaurus)