workspace

Meaning

1. An area allocated for someone to work in, especially in an office.
2. A file (or system of files) in which related software and data can be manipulated or developed in isolation from others.
3. An empty portion of the screen or window that serves as a container for other windows or objects.
4. Any of the screens that can be switched between in a virtual desktop.
5. The set of points that can be reached by the end-effector of a robotic manipulator.

Synonyms

desktop

scratchpad

working area

working memory

operating space

working space

Translations

çalışma alanı

área de trabajo

Arbeitsbereich

espace de travail

area di lavoro

área de trabalho

مساحة العمل

espaço de trabalho

werkruimte

Arbeitsplatz

χώρος εργασίας

bureau

Arbeitsfläche

Arbeitsraum

Etymology

From work + space.