一個人的工作據點
這一支就是據點本身：桌子、椅子、順手的工具，屬於一個人的那一小塊。
noun · B2
The desk, or the small area at a workplace, where one worker does their job, with the chair, tools and things they need laid out there.
工作位置／工作區
核心畫面
One worker's post inside a bigger working place. Someone has marked out a small area, put everything that job needs within arm's reach, and it is yours while you are working. The word then slides easily from the post to the main thing standing on it.
可以想成一個更大的工作場所裡，屬於某一個人的據點。有人劃出一小塊地方，把這份工作需要的東西都放在伸手可及的範圍內，上…更多收起
可以想成一個更大的工作場所裡，屬於某一個人的據點。有人劃出一小塊地方，把這份工作需要的東西都放在伸手可及的範圍內，上班的時候那裡就是你的。這個字之後就很自然地從「那個據點」滑到「據點上最主要的那台機器」。From the word’s history
The packet gives the compound only: work + station. Station is a fixed place where something stands, so a workstation reads as a fixed place set up for work.
本包裹的字源資料只說它是 work 加 station 的複合字。station 指某個東西固定站著的地方，所以 workstation 讀起來就是「為工作設好的固定位置」。
Wiktionary entry ‘workstation’ (source_ref kaikki:3f6f69a190036ae4:998831209:17221): etymology_text ‘From work + station.’
Two branches
據點上的那台機器
據點上最主要的東西是電腦，久了名字就給了電腦。這是換喻，不是另一個字。
noun · B2
A computer at one person's desk that is joined to an office computer system; in computing it often means a stronger, more expensive desktop machine built for one heavy job such as graphics, video or design work.
工作站（電腦）