staging area

English

Noun

staging area (plural staging areas)

1. A place to gather in preparation.

   The outpost near the border was used as a staging area for the army's invasion.

   • 1998, Lincoln D. Stein, Web Security: A Step-by-step Reference Guide, page 377:

     Burn the contents of the staging area onto a writable CD-ROM, carry it over to the Web server, and mount it.