checkpoint
verbEtymology From check + point.
1
To set a checkpoint.
checkpoint
nounUS /ˈt͡ʃɛkˌpɔɪnt/
Etymology From check + point.
1
A point or place where a check is performed, especially a point along a road or on a frontier where travellers are stopped for inspection.
- The travellers were stopped at the checkpoint.
- Since this was rebel country, checkpoints were set up along the road.
1 more example
- 2014, Paul Salopek, Blessed. Cursed. Claimed., National Geographic (December 2014)https://web.archive.org/web/20150212214621/http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/2014/12/pilgrim-roads/salopek-text A few days later I ford the Jordan River on a bus: Foot travel across Allenby Bridge checkpoint is strictly prohibited.
2
Computing, Engineering, Mathematics, Natural sciences, Physical sciences, Sciences A situation, often represented by a point in time, at which the state of a database system is known to be valid, and to which it can be returned in the event of a crisis by using a combination of backups and logs; the data stored at this event.
- After the crash, we rolled back the database to the last checkpoint.
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Video games A predetermined point in a map, level or scenario that the player may resume from if they die or restart.
- You can't finish the race if you haven't passed all of the checkpoints on the track.
- This is not a videogame, this is real life! People get hurt! There is no restart from last checkpoint.2010 March 8, 20:40, in Chuck Versus the Beard (Chuck), season 3, episode 9, spoken by Chuck Bartowski (Zachary Levi):
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Biology, Natural sciences A biological control mechanism ensuring correct progression through the cell cycle.
- Derived terms
- checkpoint protein, immunocheckpoint, internet checkpoint