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High-end single-user computer
A workstation is a special computer designed for technical or scientific applications. Intended primarily to be used by a single user, they are commonly connected to a local area network and run multi-user operating systems. The term workstation has been used loosely to refer to everything from a mainframe computer terminal to a PC connected to a network, but most commonly refers to the class of hardware offered by several current and defunct companies such as Sun Microsystems, Silicon Graphics, Apollo Computer, DEC, HP, NeXT, and IBM beginning in the 1980s. Wikipedia →
🧭 Start here: a 6-step reading path
- Read the overview: WorkstationA 5-minute orientation
- Skim a recent paper: Digital twin of an industrial workstation: A novel method of an auto-labeled data generator using virtual reality for human action recognition in the context of human–robot collaborationInfluential work since 2022
- Pick up a classic book: Linux For DummiesThe most-reprinted book on the subject
- Read the landmark paper: Electronic structure calculations on workstation computers: The program system turbomoleCited 8,190 times
- Go sideways: IBM RT PCA closely related topic
- Go sideways: Apollo/DomainA closely related topic
📖 Definitions
Noun A desktop computer, normally more powerful than a normal PC and often dedicated to a specific task, such as graphics.
Noun An area, at a workplace, for a single worker.
🗂️ The subject at a glance
🏆 Landmark papers (most cited)
Electronic structure calculations on workstation computers: The program system turbomole
THE HITRAN MOLECULAR SPECTROSCOPIC DATABASE AND HAWKS (HITRAN ATMOSPHERIC WORKSTATION): 1996 EDITION
Impacts of Working From Home During COVID-19 Pandemic on Physical and Mental Well-Being of Office Workstation Users
Coda: a highly available file system for a distributed workstation environment
The Effects of FreeSurfer Version, Workstation Type, and Macintosh Operating System Version on Anatomical Volume and Cortical Thickness Measurements
Direct computation of second-order SCF properties of large molecules on workstation computers with an application to large carbon clusters
Work Posture, Workstation Design, and Musculoskeletal Discomfort in a VDT Data Entry Task
Office ergonomics training and a sit-stand workstation: Effects on musculoskeletal and visual symptoms and performance of office workers
🆕 Influential since 2022
Digital twin of an industrial workstation: A novel method of an auto-labeled data generator using virtual reality for human action recognition in the context of human–robot collaboration
Assessing the Relationship between Cognitive Workload, Workstation Design, User Acceptance and Trust in Collaborative Robots
Process Simulation and Optimization of Arc Welding Robot Workstation Based on Digital Twin
Design and construction of a microfluidics workstation for high-throughput multi-wavelength fluorescence and transmittance activated droplet analysis and sorting
Portable electrochemical micro-workstation platform for simultaneous detection of multiple Alzheimer’s disease biomarkers
📚 Books worth reading
Linux For DummiesDee-Ann LeBlanc, Melanie Hoag · 1999
Linux Installation & Getting StartedMatt Welsh · 1994- 📕Workstation operating systemsWorkshop on Workstation Operating Systems (2nd 1989 Pacific Grove, Calif.) · 1989
The complete idiot's guide to LinuxManuel Alberto Ricart · 1998
A scientist's and engineer's guide to workstations and supercomputersRubin H. Landau, Paul J. Fink · 1992- 📕Arbeitsplatz-RechensystemeGI/ITG-Fachtagung (3rd 1995 Hannover, Germany) · 1995
GI-19. JahrestagungGI-Jahrestagung (19th 1989 Munich, Germany) · 1989
Fourth Workshop on Workstation Operating System, October 14-15, 1993, Napa, CaliforniaWorkshop on Workstation Operating Systems (4th 1993 Napa, Calif.) · 1993
Ranked by number of editions on Open Library, a rough measure of how lasting a book is.
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