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Noun: staging area  stey-jing eh-ree-u
  1. (military) an area where troops and equipment in transit are assembled before a military operation
    "The soldiers gathered in the staging area before deploying to the front lines"
     
  2. (computing) a temporary storage area where data or code is prepared before being moved to its final destination
    "Developers use a staging area to test new features before deploying to production"

Derived forms: staging areas

Type of: area, country

Encyclopedia: Staging area