Workspace
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Workspace is a term used in various branches of engineering and economic development.
Business development
Workspace refers to small premises provided, often by local authorities or economic development agencies, to help new businesses to establish themselves. These typically provide not only physical space and utilities but also administrative services and links to support and finance organizations, as well as peer support among the tenants. A continuum of sophistication ranges through categories such as 'managed workspaces', 'business incubators' and 'business and employment co-operatives'. In cities, they are often set up in buildings that are disused but which the local authority wishes to retain as a landmark. At the larger end of the spectrum are business parks, virtual offices, technology parks and science parks.
Technology and software
In technology and software, "workspace" is a term used for several different purposes.
Software development
A workspace is (often) a
In configuration management, "workspace" takes on a different but related meaning; it is a part of the file system where the files of interest (for a given task like debugging, development, etc.) are located. It stores the user's view of the files stored in the configuration management's repository.
In either case, workspace acts as an environment where a programmer can work, isolated from the outside world, for the task duration.[citation needed]
Graphical interfaces
Additionally, workspaces refer to the grouping of
Multiple workspaces are prevalent on
now offers a similar feature called 'Task View'.Most systems with support for workspaces provide keyboard shortcuts to switch between them. Many also include some form of workspace switcher to change between them and sometimes to move windows between them as well.
Workspaces are visualized in different ways. For example, on Linux computers using
Computer-supported cooperative work
In the context of computer-supported cooperative work (CSCW) a shared workspace is a place of collaboration that enables group awareness. "A shared workspace provides a sense of place where collaboration takes place. It is generally associated with some part of the screen real estate of the user’s computer where the user ‘‘goes’’ to work on shared artifacts, discovers work status, and interacts with his/her collaborators."[2]
Online applications
In the context of software as a service, "workspace" is a term used by software vendors for applications that allow users to exchange and organize files over the Internet.[citation needed]
Such applications have several advantages over traditional FTP clients or virtual folder offerings, including:[citation needed]
- Ability to capture task performance data and version data
- Organization of information in a more user-friendly interface than a traditional file-based structure
- Secure storage and upload/download of data (many FTP clients are unsecured, susceptible to eavesdropping, or open to other abuse)
- Compatible with virtually all web browsers and computer operating systems.
- Updated on the server-side, meaning that a user will never have to update the software.
Beyond organizing and sharing files, these applications can often also be used as a business communication tool for assigning tasks, scheduling meetings, and maintaining contact information.
Robotics
In robotics, the workspace of a robot manipulator is often defined as the set of points that can be reached by its end-effector[citation needed] or, in other words, it is the space in which the robot works and it can be either a 3D space or a 2D surface.
Mobile or unified workspace
A mobile or unified workspace allows enterprise IT to have a trusted space on any device where IT can deliver business applications and data.
Ever since the
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