Meaning & use

Workgroup

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A group of people, or a set of connected computers, organized to work together on a common task or project.

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The new workgroup was assembled to redesign the company's website.

All the office computers were connected to the same workgroup for easy file sharing.

A note on using this word

In computing, a 'workgroup' specifically refers to a small network of computers that share resources without a central server.

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