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workstations
(encz) | workstations,pracovní stanice n: pl. [it.] Martin Ligač |
ceres workstation oberon system
(foldoc) | Ceres workstation Oberon System
A complete Oberon compiler written in
Oberon. Source to most of the complete Ceres workstation
Oberon System, including the National Semiconductor 32032
code generator is available. Less of the low level system
specific code is available.
(ftp://neptune.ethz.ch/Oberon/).
(1994-12-14)
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dickless workstation
(foldoc) | dickless workstation
Extremely pejorative hackerism for "{diskless
workstation}".
[Jargon File]
(1995-03-28)
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diskless workstation
(foldoc) | diskless workstation
A personal computer or workstation
which has neither a hard disk nor floppy disk drive and
which performs all file access via a local area network
connection to a file server. The lowest level bootstrap
code is stored in non-volatile storage. This uses a simple
protocol such as BOOTP to request and download more
sophisticated boot code and eventually, the {operating
system}.
The archtypal product was the 3Station developed by Bob
Metcalfe at 3Com. Another example was the Sun 3/50.
Diskless workstations are ideal when many users are running
the same application. They are small, quiet, more reliable
than products with disks, and help prevent both the theft of
data and the introduction of viruses since the software and
data available on them is controlled by the network
administrator or system administrator. They do however rely
on a server which becomes a disadvantage if it is heavily
loaded or down.
See also breath-of-life packet.
(1995-03-28)
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graphic workstation
(foldoc) | graphic workstation
A workstation specifically configured
for graphics works such as image manipulation, {bitmap
graphics} ("paint"), and vector graphics ("draw") type
applications. Such work requires a powerful CPU and a high
resolution display.
A graphic workstation is very similar to a CAD workstation
and, given the typical specifications of personal computers
currently available in 1999, the distinctions are very blurred
and are more likely to depend on availability of specific
software than any detailed hardware requirements.
(1999-05-04)
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office workstations limited
(foldoc) | Office Workstations Limited
(OWL) A UK software company, now a subsidiary of
Matsushita (Panasonic, etc.). They previously supported the
Guide hypertext system but that support is now provided by
US company InfoAccess.
E-mail:
[Correct address?]
(1996-01-15)
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sun-2 workstation
(foldoc) | Sun-2 Workstation
A Unix workstation produced by {Sun
Microsystems, Inc.}, based on the Motorola 68000. Followed
by the Sun-3 Workstation.
[Details? Dates?]
(2001-03-11)
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sun-3 workstation
(foldoc) | Sun-3 Workstation
A Unix workstation produced by {Sun
Microsystems, Inc.} in the 1980s, based on the {Motorola
68020}. Successor to the Sun-2 Workstation, followed by the
Sun-4 Workstation. The Sun-3 had a custom MMU. A couple
of mutant models used an entirely different architecture.
[Details? Dates?]
(2001-03-11)
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sun-4 workstation
(foldoc) | Sun-4 Workstation
A Unix workstation produced by {Sun
Microsystems, Inc.} in the late 1980s[?], based on SPARC
processors. The Sun-4 followed the Sun-3 Workstation.
Later SPARC-based workstations were called "SPARCstations".
[Details? Dates? Was "Sun-4" a SPARCstation?]
(2001-03-11)
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dickless workstation
(jargon) | dickless workstation
n.
Extremely pejorative hackerism for ‘diskless workstation’, a class of
botches including the Sun 3/50 and other machines designed exclusively to
network with an expensive central disk server. These combine all the
disadvantages of timesharing with all the disadvantages of distributed
personal computers; typically, they cannot even boot themselves without
help (in the form of some kind of breath-of-life packet) from the server.
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