Workstation

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A workstation was a high-end personal computer (physically a desktop, not a laptop), capable of running computationally demanding applications. Almost ubiquitously, they included a bit-mapped display, a mouse, and a data network connection (usually Ethernet). With the increasing power of later personal computers, they faded out as a separate category.

Some workstations

"Workstation-like" computers introduced before the concept

These machines have some or all of the attributes, but are usually not regarded as workstations.

See also