Workstation

The workstation is a high-end computer, usually equipped with high resolution and large screen display and large capacity of memory storage device and the external memory, and has a strong information processing function and high performance graphics, image processing and network function.

Interpretation

Workstation, is a personal computer and distributed network computing as the basis, mainly for professional applications, have powerful data operation and graph, image processing ability, in order to meet the needs of engineering design, animation production, scientific research, software development, financial management, information service, simulation and other professionals in the field of design and development of high performance the computer.

Function

By the computer and the corresponding external equipment and complete sets of application software package is composed of information processing system. It can complete the user to a particular task, is to promote the popularization of computer applications the effective way. Workstation shall have powerful data processing ability, has the intuitive convenient man-machine exchange information with the user interface, and computer network are linked together, in the larger context of information exchange, resource sharing. Workstation in programming, computational, documentation, archiving, communication and so on to professionals with comprehensive help. Common workstation computer aided design ( CAD ) workstation ( or engineering workstation ), office automation ( OA ) workstation, image processing workstation. Different tasks to workstations having different hardware and software configurations. For example, a small CAD workstation typical hardware is configured to: small computer ( or high-end computer ), the CRT terminal with function keys, a light pen, graphic plotter, digitizer, printer etc.. The software is configured to: operating system, compiler, the corresponding database and database management system, the 2D and 3D drawing software, as well as complete sets of calculation, analysis software package. It can complete the user submitted to various mechanical, electrical design task. OA workstation hardware configuration: computer, office terminal equipment ( such as teletype, interactive terminal, fax machines, laser printers, photocopiers and other intelligent ), communication facilities ( such as local area network ), program-controlled switches, public data network, integrated services digital network ). The software is configured to: operating system, compiler, a variety of service program, communication software, database management systems, e-mail, word processing software, spreadsheet, various editing software and specialized business software package, such as personnel management, financial management, administrative management software, and is equipped with corresponding database. OA workstation task is accomplished in a variety of office information processing. Image processing system hardware configuration : computer, digital image equipment ( including electronic, optical or electrical scanning equipment, digitizer ), image output device, interactive graphics terminal. Software configuration in addition to the general system software also has a set of image processing software package. It can be completed by the users of the various image processing tasks. More and more computer manufacturers in the production and sales of various workstations.