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*[[stAtion]], a freeware video game by [[Albarji Productions]] - dubious notability
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'''Station''' (from Latin ''statio'') can refer to anything stationary, specifically:
* [[status]], [[social status]]
* a relay station in a [[courier]] system
**[[cursus publicus]] (Roman Empire)
* a type of postal facility that is not a main post office; term explained in [[United States Postal Service]]
* [[Station (Australian agriculture)]] (the Australian equivalent of the North American Ranch)
* [[Fire station]]
* [[Gauging station]], a location along a river or stream used for gaging or other measurements
* [[Hill station]] is a town in India which is high enough to be relatively cool in summer
* [[Ground station]]
*[[diplomatic station]] where a diplomatic/consular official (or mission) is posted ('stationed')
* [[Stations of the Cross]] refer to a Christian devotion and its associated images
* [[Station of Labor]] refers to the position of a baby in the birth canal, ranging from -4 to +4. A reading of 0 means that the baby is 'engaged' and labor has started.
* The [[Stations (Irish custom)]], was the custom during the period English proscriptions against Catholicism of gathering in homes for [[mass]] and socializing
* A [[desk]] with permanent fixtures - e.g. one might describe the desk that a supervisor sits at in a power station control room as a 'station'
==Traffic and infrastructure==
* [[Filling station]], ''gas station'' or ''petrol station''
* [[Power station]]
* [[Space station]]
* [[Transit station]]:
** [[Bus station]]
** [[Metro station]] (underground or elevated )
** [[Train station]]
** [[Train order station]]
* [[Police station]]
* Station manager, airline terminology for the head airline manager at an airport the airline operates at
==Military==
* [[Naval Air Station]], an airbase of the United States Navy
* [[RAF station]]
* [[Royal Navy|Royal Naval Air Station]]
* more generally a [[military base]], meaning the infrastructure and the personnel there being ''stationed'' there
==Telecommunication==
* [[Broadcast station]]
** [[Radio station]]
** [[Television station]]
==Computer networks==
* [[Station (networking)]]
** [[Primary station]]
** [[Control station]]
** [[Slave station]]
* [[Workstation]]
==Proper names==
*''Stations'', a song, second single from New Zealand and [[Shihad]]'s debut album [[Churn (album)|Churn]]
*[[The Station nightclub fire|The Station]], a nightclub that burned down in 2003 killing 100 people
==See also==
* [[Station chief]]
* [[Stationery]]
* [[Stations list]], list of the locations visited by the Israelites following their exodus from Egypt
* [[Station.com]], Sony Online Entertainment game portal
* [[Station wagon]], a vehicle body style
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