Definition of Checkpoint

1. Noun. A place (as at a frontier) where travellers are stopped for inspection and clearance.

Generic synonyms: Stop

Definition of Checkpoint

1. Noun. 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 ¹

2. Noun. (computing) 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 ¹

3. Noun. (video games) A predetermined point in a map, level or scenario that the player may resume from if they die or restart from if they choose to. ¹

4. Verb. To set a checkpoint ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Checkpoint

1. [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Checkpoint

checkmate
checkmated
checkmates
checkmating
checkoff
checkoffs
checkout
checkout chick
checkout chicks
checkout counter
checkout divider
checkout dividers
checkout line
checkout time
checkouts
checkpoint (current term)
checkpointed
checkpointing
checkpoints
checkrein
checkreins
checkroll
checkrolls
checkroom
checkrooms
checkrow
checkrowed
checkrowing
checkrows
checks

Literary usage of Checkpoint

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Reviews in Environmental Health (1998): Toxicological Defense Mechanics edited by Gary E. R. Hook, George W. Lucier (2000)
"These data are consistent with the lack of Gj cell-cycle checkpoint function of mutant p53 in various human and rodent cells (16-18). ..."

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