a workstation can be described as a personal computer that is connected to a network, which can perform tasks through applications or utilites. the term clien or station might also be used. while a workstation can sharre resources such as files with toher network users, this is not the worksation primary function a workstaion must be connected to a network using some type of media like a cable or a wirells connection and it must be a network protocol like TCP/IP installed in it