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A staging area is a location where organisms, people, vehicles, equipment or material are assembled prior to their use.

In construction A staging area is a designated area where vehicles, supplies, and construction equipment are positioned for access and use to a construction site.

resting and feeding places of a bird on its way to the south in autumn are referred to as staging areas.

ing areas are an area designated for setting up parades and other elaborate presentations.

ing areas are used in databases as a place where to store temporary data for import.






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A staging area is a location where organisms, people, vehicles, equipment or material are assembled prior to their use.

Definition and usage


In construction

A staging area is a designated area where vehicles, supplies, and construction equipment are positioned for access and use to a construction site.

In ecology

The resting and feeding places of a bird on its way to the south in autumn are referred to as staging areas.

In entertainment

Staging areas are an area designated for setting up parades and other elaborate presentations.

In databases

Staging areas are used in databases as a place where to store temporary data for import. By filling this staging tables with import data you can check and alter this data before committing it to the final production datatables.

In the military

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In military uses, a staging area is a place where troops or equipment in transit are assembled or processed. Often and historically this military staging area has been termed a point d'appui
Point d'appui

A point d'appui, in military theory, is a location where troops are assembled prior to a battle. Often a monument is erected to commemorate the point d'appui for notable battles....
, which point is often on high ground and sometimes coincident with a significant prehistoric monument, as in the case of Catto Long Barrow
Catto Long Barrow

Catto Long Barrow is a prehistoric site in Aberdeenshire, Scotland. The site is alternatively known as Cairn Catto. The extant monument extends for a length of 49 metres....
 in Aberdeenshire
Aberdeenshire

Aberdeenshire is one of the 32 unitary authority council areas in Scotland.In this present day Aberdeenshire does not include Aberdeen City which is a Council Area in its own right....
, Scotland
Scotland

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. Unlike normal bases, the facilities of a staging area are temporary, mainly because for a certain time it will hold much more troops and material than would be reasonable in peacetime.

Militaries use staging areas to deploy military units, aircraft and warship
Warship

A warship is a ship that is built and primarily intended for combat. Warships are usually built in a completely different way than cargo ship....
s plus their materiel
Materiel

Materiel is a term used in English language to refer to the equipment and supply in Military supply chain management and Business supply chain management....
 ahead of an attack or invasion
Invasion

An invasion is a Offensive consisting of all, or large parts of the armed forces of one geopolitics entity aggressively entering territory controlled by another such entity, generally with the objective of either conquering, liberating or re-establishing control or authority over a territory, altering the established government or gaining c...
. In former times this used to be generally the border area of one's own country, but in recent wars (Gulf War
Gulf War

"Persian Gulf War" and "First Gulf War" redirect here. For other uses, see Persian Gulf War .The Persian Gulf War was a United Nations-authorized military conflict between Iraq and a Coalition of Gulf War from 34 nations commissioned with expelling Iraqi forces from Kuwait after Iraq's Invasion of Kuwait of Kuwait in August 1990....
, Kosovo War
Kosovo War

Kosovo War occurred after the Rambouillet Agreement failed in February 1999. The term Kosovo War or Kosovo Conflict is used to describe two sequential and at times parallel armed conflicts in Kosovo:...
, Iraq War
Iraq War

The Iraq War, also known as the Second Gulf War, the Occupation of Iraq, and Operation Iraqi Freedom, is an ongoing conflicts military campaign which began on March 20, 2003 with the 2003 invasion of Iraq by a Multinational force in Iraq now led by and composed almost entirely of troops from the United States and United King...
) it may also be the border area of another unrelated country granting access.

In space exploration

In space exploration, the area where final assembly is done on space vehicles before they are moved out to their launch pad
Launch pad

A launch pad is the area and facilities where rockets or spacecrafts liftoff. A typical launch pad consists of the service and umbilical structures....
.

See also

  • Military logistics
    Military logistics

    Military logistics is the art and science of planning and carrying out the movement and maintenance of military forces. In its most comprehensive sense, it is those aspects or military operations that deal with:...