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<Nitpicking etymology> A laboratory is the place where you work. From the latin 'laborare', roughly translated 'to work'. A CS grad student would work in a lab
by jrimbault 9y ago
<Nitpicking etymology>
A laboratory is the place where you work. From the latin 'laborare', roughly translated 'to work'. A CS grad student would work in a lab. As would a carpenter. The difference between an office and a laboratory is usually that there are specialized tools in a laboratory.
- neaden 9y agoThe origin of words don't dictate their present meaning. No one refers to a regular office or a carpentry studio as a laboratory anymore.