A staging area is a location where material are assembled after use.
A staging area , or landing zone , is an intermediate storage area used for data processing during the extract , transform and load ( ETL ) process . A staging area ( otherwise staging point , staging base or staging post ) is a location where organisms , people , vehicles , equipment or material are assembled before use . In military usage , a staging area is a place where troops or equipment in transit are assembled or processed . Area where final assembly is done on space vehicles before they are moved out to their launch pad .