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English
Etymology
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈwɝkˌspeɪs/
- Hyphenation: work‧space
Audio (US): (file)
Noun
workspace (countable and uncountable, plural workspaces)
- (usually countable) An area allocated for someone to work in, especially in an office.
- Hypernyms: space, area, place
- Holonyms: workplace, workstead
- Coordinate terms: workroom, workshop
- Near-synonym: workstation
- 2025 October 29, James Steward tells Joe Campbell, “Thriving on the stock exchange”, in RAIL, number 1047, page 47:
- A temporary shed, built from scaffolding, provided a covered workspace for a former DRS coach in the process of being reactivated.
- (computing) A file (or system of files) in which related software and data can be manipulated or developed in isolation from others.
- (computing, graphical user interface) An empty portion of the screen or window that serves as a container for other windows or objects.
- 2011, June Jamrich Parsons, Dan Oja, Donna Mulder, Practical Microsoft Office 2010, page 128:
- Unlike other Microsoft Office applications, Access doesn't automatically display an empty workspace when you start the program.
- (computing, graphical user interface) Any of the screens that can be switched between in a virtual desktop.
- (robotics, usually countable) The set of points that can be reached by the end-effector of a robotic manipulator.
- Synonym: work envelope
Derived terms
Translations
area allocated for someone to work in
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