workstation

workstation
workstation 1950, from WORK (Cf. work) (n.) + STATION (Cf. station). Computer sense is from 1977.

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  • Workstation — El término Workstation puede referirse a: Workstation, en Informática una Estación de trabajo. Workstation, un instrumento musical electrónico. Esta página de desambiguación cataloga artículos relacionados con el mismo título. Si llegaste aquí a… …   Wikipedia Español

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